Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Occult papillary carcinomas are small thyroid carcinomas (<1 cm) diagnosed after an initial manifestation of lymph nodes or distant metastasis. We report two cases of patients with this pattern of clinical presentation.Case description: The first case is a 21-year-old woman, with a one-year history of a growing cervical cyst. Fine needle aspiration of the cyst showed metastasis from papillary thyroid cancer. She had no previous history ...

Introduction: Basal ganglia calcification or Fahr’s Syndrome is a rare form of neurological disorder. Its prevalence goes from 2 to 12.5 %. It can be primary (idiopathic) or secondary (from metabolic disorders especially from hypoparathyroidism).We present the case of a female patient with hypoparathyroidism and secondary Fahr’s Disease.Case description: The patient L.J. 61 years old, from Pogradec, Albania, who came to the emergency room wit...

Background: The presence of diabetes and the degree of hyperglycemia is considered an independent factor in the clinical severity of COVID-19 infection, impacting the duration of hospital stay and other related medical conditions.Objective: To identify the correlation between the insulin needs in COVID-19 patients and hospital stay and other related medical conditions. To identify the factors that would contribute to diabetes onset during COVID-19 infect...

Introduction: Selenium is a mineral that plays a key role in the intracellular reactions of the thyroid. Some selenium-based proteins have a protective antioxidant function in thyrocytes. Likewise, Selenium is incorporated into deiodinases, helping in the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Through its antioxidant and anti inflammatory properties, selenium affects the development of autoimmune thyroid diseases, such as Graves Disease. Supplementation with selenium is often prescrib...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism can cause various degrees of muscular disorders. It can lead to symptoms such as myalgia, weakness, fatigue and in rare cases to extreme muscular damage such as rhabdomyolysis, a potential life-threatening complication. We present the case of a 53 years old patient with acute renal failure due to rhabdomyolysis from severe hypothyroidism.Case description: The patient, a male from Albania was first admitted to the Emergency Ro...

IntroductionHashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) has been linked to papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, Hurthle cell cancer or even lymphoma. In contrast, there are only a few reports of co-existence of HT with medullary thyroid carcinoma. The link between them is unknown. An overall prevalence of medullary carcinoma of only 0.35% has been reported in HT patients. This prevalence is higher in female rather than male. We present the case of a female patient ...

Introduction: Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma is the most frequent malignant tumour of the thyroid gland. It usually progresses slowly and is rarely metastatic. On the other side, fibromatosis are usually benign tumours with infrequent malignant appearances, which affect musculoaponeurotic structures. The aetiology remains unclear, although various possible factors are linked to it such as trauma, genetic predisposition, β-catenin heterozygous mutation, hormone disbalance etc...

Introduction: The trio of severe hypertriglyceridemia, acute pancreatitis and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a rare occurrence. Previous cases have presented DKA as the initial factor, contributing to subsequent hypertriglyceridemia and pancreatitis. Moderate hypertriglyceridemia is commonly observed in DKA but severe hypertriglyceridemia is very rarely reported.Case report: We report a case, male 29 years old, diagnosed with hypertriglyceridemia 3 years...

Background and aims: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic, metabolic disease that is spreading rapidly around the world. Various studies have shown the association between DM and oral health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge patients with diabetes have regarding the impact of diabetes mellitus on oral health; the role of oral hygiene care and dentists follow up.Methodology and methods: The survey research was taken in 79 Albanian patien...

Introduction: Infundibulo - hypophisitis is a rare type neuroendocrine disorder characterized by autoimmune inflammation and various pituitary disfunction. It currently has no clear diagnosis criteria.We present the 26 years–old women, first diagnosed with infundibular neurohypophisitis with clinical Diabetes Insipidus and later with other metabolic disorders.Case description: The patient, female, 26 years old came in the emergency room with extrem...