Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Individuals with adrenal insufficiency (AI) receive life-long glucocorticoid (GC) replacement therapy (CGRT), which often exceeds normal daily physiological GC production, leading to detrimental effects on cardiometabolic parameters and bone health.Objective: Assessment of glucose, lipid and bone metabolism in AI postmenopausal patients in relation to the cause of AI and the CGRT dose.Methods: 114 AI postmenopausal wome...

Background/aim: Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a relatively common endocrine disorder, which is often asymptomatic and thus diagnosed during routine biochemical testing. Emerging scientific data supports the theory that non-syndromic pHPT patients may be at increased risk for thyroid autoimmunity, metabolic disorders and malignancy.Materials and methods: A cohort of 227 pHPT (61 male and 166 female) and 244 non-pHPT (75 male and 169 female) patien...

Background and Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected the glycemic regulation of adult patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of this pandemic on glycemic control in T1D patients with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) systems.Methods: A cohort of adult T1D patients with CSII was retrospectively evaluated. Data regarding number visits to our diabetes clinics, total daily insulin dose (TDI...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas(PPGLs) are catecholamine-secreting tumors. Catecholamine excess contributes to bone resorption and secondary osteoporosis. PPGLs are treated surgically but limited data exists on the subsequent effect on bone status.Aim: To evaluate bone metabolism(BM) and bone mass density(BMD) before and after successful surgery of PPGLs.Methods: A retrospective study on (BM) of (PPGLs) patients ...

Introduction: Ganglioneuromas (GNs) are rare, benign tumors, arising from neural crest cells. Their incidence amongst adrenal masses is 0.3%-6%. The majority are incidentalomas and hormonally inactive but a subset may cause compressive effects. Presentation in the context of genetic syndromes (NF1/NF2, RET, MAX, Von Hippel Lindau disease) has been reported. We present two cases of adrenal GNs: Case 1. A 31-year-old female patient who presented with a history o...

Background: In patients with adrenal nodules increased 17-OH Progesterone (17-OHP) does not necessarily indicate congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) since adrenocortical tumors may harbor defects in steroidogenesis resulting in high steroid precursors, either basally or, usually, after Synacthen stimulation. Secretion of precursors has been associated with malignancy but it can also be present in benign adenomas.Case Presentation: A 62-year-old lady wit...