Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Despite its rarity, the most common cause of hypercalcemia in pregnancy is primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). This disorder increases the risk of miscarriages, premature birth, intrauterine growth restriction, severe pancreatitis, preeclampsia, and neonatal hypocalcaemic tetany if not diagnosed and properly managed.Case: A 31-year-old woman with 13 weeks of pregnancy and acute pancreatitis was admitted to the Obstetrics department. Since t...

Objective: To document the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Lithuanian 15–39 years of age population from 1991 to 2012.Research design and methods: A specifically developed contact system with all endocrinologists and diabetologists and general practitioners involved in the diabetes care covering 100% of the Lithuanian population aged 15–39, was the initial data source. Annual reports from regional family physicians, endocrinologist&#14...

Objectives: To evaluate sexual function in women with Turner syndrome (TS) in the relation with sex hormones.Methods: The study was undertaken in Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. 65 women with genetically confirmed TS (18–45 years) were enrolled and compared with 65 age-matched healthy controls. Sexual function was evaluated using The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Risk for sexual dysfunction was defined as FSFI score ≤ 26.55. B...

Objective: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is a common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age, which influences metabolic, psychological and sexual aspects of their life. We aimed to evaluate the sexual function of women with PCOS in comparison with age-matched controls.Methods: In this prospective cross-sectional study, 40 women with PCOS (mean age 27.02±4.54 years) were compared with a control group of 40 healthy volunteers (mean age 25...

Adrenal incidentaloma is adrenal tumor incidentally discovered in the region of adrenals, usually investigating for non-endocrine disease.We attempted to find out the current situation of adrenal incidentaloma in Lithuania.The object of research – patients who visited the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas Clinic's Clinic of Endocrinology and Vilnius Endocrinology Center for suspected adrenal pathology in 2007–2011. The total numb...

Sexual dysfunction of type 1 diabetic (T1D) men is an area that has been rarely investigated until now. Investigation of reproductive health of young men was performed in Nordic and Baltic countries in 2003/2004 (‘The Reproductive function of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian young men’ (ELLY)) but analysis of sexual function was out of the target of the study. In this study we invited those presumably healthy men to participate as controls for investigation of T1D me...

Introduction: Androgen secreting adrenal tumours are rare and sometimes malignant.We report hormonal and sexual changes in 39-year-old woman with androgen secreting adrenal tumour completely healed by resection of the tumour.Case report: Androgen secreting adrenal tumour that manifested in 39-year-old woman with suddenly appeared amenorrhea, weight gain, hirsutism, epileptic seizures and elevated DHEA-S and testosterone is describe...

Objectives: Transition from paediatric (PC) to adult diabetes care (AC) is a vulnerable period for young people (YP). The West Midlands (WM) Regional Paediatric Diabetes Network conducted a region-wide study of Diabetes transition outcomes to identify 1. Areas of good practice, 2. Risk factors for poorer outcomes, 3. Regional objectives for services and 4. Provide baseline data against which future performance can be measured.Methods: Retrospective regio...