Endocrine Abstracts

Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is a rare syndrome that requires urgent assistance. It is due to ischemia or hemorrhage of pituitary tissue, almost always inside a pituitary tumor. PA may be the first manifestation of a neuroendocrine tumor or occur during follow up.Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients with PA treated in the Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition in the last 10 years and study the presence of possible risk factors for it.</p...

Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a circulating plasma glycoprotein produced by the liver, which in the blood binds estrogens and androgens with high affinity and regulates its bioavailability. Low plasma SHBG levels are associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Importantly, epidemiological studies have demonstrated that low plasma SHBG levels is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In the last y...

Introduction: 177Lu-Oxodotreotide(PRRT-Lu) has the approval by EMA and FDA since 2017 for the treatment of patients with gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors(GEP-NET). However, in daily clinical practice it has also been used in other NET tumors such as paragangliomas, lung NET, medullary thyroid cancer, and others. The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics and follow-up of patients treated with PRRT-Lu in a third level hospital in Spain fro...

RationaleLiver cirrhosis frequently leads to changes in body composition consisting of a loss of lean mass, increased body water and variable alterations of fat mass. Changes in body composition may occur after liver transplantation (LT). Our aim was to study the changes that occur in body composition after LT (in the postoperative period after LT as well as 1 month later). Methods: A body composition study was carried out using th...