Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose of study: The study was focused on MRI of morphological changes of pituitary gland, pituitary fossa and surrounding structures in patients with primary growth failure. We evaluated MRI, clinical status and hormonal changes in 18 patients with primary growth failure referred to University Hospital.Methods and patients: We examined 18 patients (10 male, 8 female), average age 18.3 (2–34) years. All patients had a severe growth hormone deficien...

Adrenal masses which are found unexpectedly with US or CT examination of abdomen are called adrenal incidentalomas. The aim of study was to evaluate the contribution of imaging characteristics of incidentally discovered adrenal mass to the differential diagnosis.We have studied 60 patients with adrenal mass (21 M, 39 F, age 34–85 years) who had CT scan of abdomen for various diagnoses but they were not suspected to have adrenal pathology. The right ...

Introduction: Patients successfully treated for hyperthyroidism show often the excessive weight gain and patients with hypothyroidism seldom regain their premorbid weight despite satisfactory control of their thyroid function.Aim of study: We compared the levels of hormones of ghrelin and leptin in patients with hyper and hypothyroidism, treated and untreated. We aimed to find if they play a role in a new energy balance in these patients.<p class="ab...