Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adrenal incidentalomas (AI) have an increasing prevalence during last decades, probably due to the extended use of new imaging techniques and longer life expectancy. Adrenal hormonal hypersecretion, even subclinical, is probably related to cardiovascular disease (CVD).Methods: We evaluated 100 patients with adrenal masses, incidentally discovered in imaging techniques performed for non adrenal disorders (67 Female, 33 Male, mean 58.1±12....

Introduction: Effective gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) management is pivotal for reducing delivery complications for both mother and offspring, since a linear and continuous association between blood glucose and unfavorable outcomes has been extensively reported. The aim of present study was to investigate possible factors affecting GDM treatment goals.Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 136 consecutive patients with GDM, treated in our department...

Introduction: Effective acromegaly treatment in the era of somatostatin analog therapy may initially seem easy to apply. Several factors, modifiable or not, may be involved in every patient’s treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate possible factors affecting effective acromegaly treatment.Methods: From the original pool of 25 patients, that were diagnosed with acromegaly in our department during the last 15 years, 18 are currently being fol...

Introduction: Pembrolizumab is a programmed death receptor-1(PD-1)-blocking antibody, used in a variety of advanced malignant tumors with promising results, although adverse events are not rare.Case report: We present the case of an adult female, with negative personal and family history of autoimmune diseases, who developed malignant superficial melanoma of right wrist 6 years ago. She was initially treated with surgical resection (lesion and ipsilatera...

Introduction: Hypoglycemia consists a significant problem in insulin treated type 2 diabetic patients. The present study compared the incidence of hypoglycemic episodes in type 2 diabetics between continuous glucose monitoring/CGM vs self monitoring of blood glucose/SMBG.Methods: Seventeen patients with type 2 diabetes underwent a 24 h CGM for a period of 3–5 consecutive days. At the same period they recorded their glucose values using SMBG from fou...

Introduction: Autoimmune diabetes mellitus patients, either with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults (LADA) form or with conventional (juvenile) autoimmune type 1 diabetes (T1D) form, exhibit a higher prevalence of Accompanying Autoimmune Diseases (AADs). The aim of this study was to investigate possible differences in AADs, Familial Autoimmune Diseases (FADs) and metabolic profile between patients with LADA and T1D and between patients with or without anti-GAD (Anti-Glutamic...

Objective: 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate therapy during pregnancy has been associated with insulin resistance. The aim of this study was to highlight any possible association of 17OHP with insulin resistance in women with PCOS.Design: Forty-five women with PCOS underwent 75 g OGTT test and short Synachten test with sampling of stimulated 17OHP. Women were divided into two subgroups according to basal 17OHP cut-off level of 0.8 ng/ml.<p class=...

Background: While the association between cigarette smoking and type 2 diabetes is established, the impact of smoking on developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remains controversial.Aim: To investigate whether maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy is a risk factor for developing GDM.Methods: MEDLINE, Scopus, CENTRAL and Google Scholar databases were searched from inception to December 2022 to identify eligible origina...

Background: This is the first study, that aimed: a) to compare immune response, namely the kinetics of neutralizing antibodies (Nabs), after vaccination with BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine between patients with autoimmune thyroiditis and controls, and b) to investigate changes in thyroid function in healthy subjects with no history of thyroid dysfunction before and after vaccination.Methods: The entire study consisted of two sub-studies. In the first sub-study, N...