Endocrine Abstracts

Adrenal incidentalomas are increasingly recognized today as a result of technology use, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Adrenal incidentalomas are of diverse nature and their secretory activity is currently on research focus.The aim was to describe 39 consecutive patients with adrenal incidentalomas presenting over a period of 1 year.Materials and methods: A group of 39 consecutive patients with adrenal ...

Vitamin D deficiency is increasingly recognized today having taken the form of a modern epidemic. Vitamin D, being synthesized in the skin under the effect of ultraviolet light has been originally thought of as occurring only in areas of the world where people are not exposed to the sun. However, it has recently been observed that vitamin D deficiency exists even in sunny areas. Recent observations suggest that vitamin D deficiency is related to significant comorbidity, specif...

Male osteoporosis is a reality and in many cases appears to be secondary to drug administration. Many pharmaceutical agents are related to the appearance of osteoporosis, affecting bone metabolism by multiple and diverse mechanisms.The aim was to describe the case of a patient who presented with male osteoporosis of multiple drug aetiology.A patient, male aged 52 years, an orthodox priest, presented with spontaneous fractures and d...

Thyroid antibodies are a heterogenous group of antibodies with diverse and partly unknown properties. The effect of these antibodies on other organ systems and especially on the renal system is unknown. There is however some evidence that thyroid, in particular thyroglobulin antibodies, may affect renal function and may cause glomerulonephritis and possibly nephrotic syndrome. Nephrotic syndrome may alter thyroxine metabolism, as it affects its renal excretion and its albumin ...

Primary adrenal failure may be of autoimmune or infectious aetiology, tuberculosis being a well known cause. In tuberculosis vitamin D deficiency has been described, while vitamin D sufficiency has been reported to be necessary for the mounting of an efficient immune response to the mycobacterium.The aim was to describe the case of a patient with primary adrenal failure of tuberculous aetiology and severe vitamin D deficiency.A fem...

Introduction: Research results from different countries show that vitamin D deficiency is a modern reality, affecting even sunny countries. Vitamin D deficiency has been related to predisposition to the development of diabetes mellitus type 2 and it may affect the secretion and action of insulin.Aim: The aim was to study the effect of vitamin D on glycaemic control in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.Materials and methods: Th...

Acromegaly is a disease characterized by the presence of a pituitary ademona which secretes excessive amounts of growth hormone. The presence of an adenoma causing acromegaly in the context of multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes has been described. However, the presence of solitary pituitary adenomas causing acromegaly in siblings is extremely rare.Aim: The aim was to describe acromegaly in 2 siblings.A male patient, aged 56 yea...

Gastric neuroendocrine neoplasms are rare. They are classified clinically in types 1 to 3. Gastric neuroendocrine neoplasms type 1 are observed in chronic atrophic gastritis as single or multiple small tumors. Their prognosis is excellent. Gastric neuroendocrine neoplasms type 2 are part of MEN 1 syndrome.The aim is to describe the case of a patient with a gastric neuroendocrine neoplasm which was observed in a background of atrophic gastritis and an ect...

The coexistence of multiple adenomas in endocrine glands has been described in the context of the syndromes of multiple endocrine neoplasia. However, recently the presence of adenomas in multiple endocrine glands has been described in patients not fulfilling the criteria of the syndromes of multiple endocrine neoplasia.The aim was to describe the case of a patient with a pituitary gonadotrophinoma who presented with primary hyperparathyroidism caused by ...