Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: COVID-19 has taken on pandemic proportions. Phase angle (PhA) and Standardized phase angle (SPhA) have been related to mortality and severity in several diseases.Objetives: To determine the predictive role of PhA and SPhA on 90 days survival of adults with COVID-19.Methods: A longitudinal cohort study with 127 consecutive patients diagnosed with COVID-19. We collected PhA, SPhA, body composition (fat mass, fat free ma...

Introduction: Somatostatin analogs (SS-analogs) are the treatment option when there is a persistent disease despite surgical intervention. They can be also recommended as a first line treatment if surgery is not appropriate (non-curative or contraindicated surgery).Objetive: To evaluate the effect of first-generation SS-analogs (lanreotide and octreotide) on tumour shrinkage and biochemical control in naive patients.Methods: We per...

Introduction: Rapid correction of hyponatremia is known to cause central pontine myelinolysis. It may concurrently involve other areas of brain as well, referred as extra-pontine myelinolysis (EPM). Isolated EPM however is a very rare occurrence. We present a case of EPM where the hyponatremia was secondary to syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) after surgery for a pituitary macroadenoma.Case report: A 36-year-old man underwe...

Abstract: A 14-yr-old male patient with acromegaly and TSH-induced hyperthyroidism is reported. He was referred for hormonal study due to clinical suspicion of acromegaly. Physical examination showed acromegalic/gigantism features (high stature: 194.5 cm (P>90), such as: abnormal growth of the hands and feet, furrowed forehead and pronounced brow ridge). No goiter was found. GH levels were high and were not suppressed after oral glucose (GH: 12.50 ng/ml, GH after ...

Introduction: Squamous cell thyroid carcinoma is a very rare malignant epithelial tumour. It presents as rapid growth cervical mass, may affect neighbour structures and sometimes metastasizes other parts of the body. It’s often associated with previous goiter history and occasionally with autoimmune thyroiditis. It can appear pure, as a component of undifferentiated carcinoma, or combined with differentiated carcinoma areas (papillary or follicular).<p class="abstext"...

Introduction: H. pylori infection has been related with diseases such as type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.Objective: To evaluate changes in carbohydrates metabolism, lipid profile and intake regulating hormones induced by 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), before and after antibiotic eradication treatment in patients colonized by H. pylori.Materials and methods: A prospective study of 40 non-diabetics patients were perf...