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ea0035p880 | Pituitary Clinical (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by IPSEN</emphasis>) | ECE2014

Somatostatin analogue treatment of a TSH secreting adenoma presenting with accelerated bone metabolism and a pericardial effusion

Mousiolis Athanasios , Kotsa Kalliopi , Rapti Eleni , Yavropoulou Maria , Efstathiou Maria , Foroglou Nikolaos , Yovos Ioannis

Objective: To report the unusual presentation of a thyrotropinoma in a patient with: i) accelerated bone turnover, evident as osteopenia and increased serum alkaline phosphatase level, and ii) a pericardial effusion, years before diagnosis, that resolved completely following surgery and somatostatin analogue treatment.Case report: A 38-year-old man had been treated for years for presumed hypothyroidism with thyroxine supplementation based on elevated TSH...

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ea0016p248 | Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases | ECE2008

Systematic exercise can further improve glycaemic control and physical fitness in physically active women with type 2 diabetes

Kotsa Kalliopi , Touvra Anna-Maria , Zois Christos , Yovos Ioannis , Tokmakidis Savas

Background and aims: Exercise intervention programs have been proved beneficial for inactive type 2 diabetes patients by improving physical fitness, anthropometric parameters, glycaemic control and lipid profile. The aim of this study was to examine the additional benefits of a supervised systematic exercise program in physically active postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes.Materials and methods: Ten physically active, postmenopausal women with type ...

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Somatostatin analogue treatment of a TSH secreting adenoma presenting with accelerated bone metabolism and a pericardial effusion

Systematic exercise can further improve glycaemic control and physical fitness in physically active women with type 2 diabetes

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