Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Pregnancy and lactation induced osteoporosis (PLO) presenting as spinal fractures in late pregnancy or early postpartum period is a rare condition. The risk factors and pathophysiology are still incompletely understood. The impact of the disorder on the young mother’s quality of life can be profound, further aggravated by a delay in diagnosis and treatment that often occurs.Aim: To delineate clinical parameters related to fractures in a ...

Background: BMD measurement of a non-dominant arm is not routinely performed during dual-X-ray-absorptiometry (DXA) test. While 1/3 radius measurement is recommended under certain circumstances, ultra-distal compartment is not used for osteoporosis diagnosis or fracture risk assessment. Aim: To evaluate the correlation of ultra-distal radius (UDR) BMD to prevalent fractures, fracture risk predicted by FRAX and diagnosis of osteoporosis by traditional sit...

Background: Parathyroid lesion aspiration as a preoperative adenoma localization tool is a matter of controversy. Concerns are being raised regarding both the immediate (hematoma, infection, alterations on a subsequent histologic preparate) and long term (seeding) safety.Objective: To evaluate safety and efficacy of parathyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) with parathyroid hormone (PTH) washout as a localization of parathyroid lesions in patients with pr...

Background: Extreme hypercalcemia is an endocrine emergency. Given parathyroid hormone (PTH)-dependent cause, carcinoma should be suspected as a possible etiology. The prevalence of parathyroid carcinoma among patients presenting with extreme hypercalcemia is not well elucidated.Aim: Establish proportion of patients with parathyroid carcinoma among those presenting with severe hypercalcemia and compare clinical and laboratory features between benign and ...