Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Research into autoimmune disorders associated with COVID-19 in the middle of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is an important and urgent challenge. We focus on the potential relationship between coronavirus infection and other autoimmune diseases, and the positive therapeutic effect of the treatment of severe forms of COVID-19 with drugs traditionally used in the treatment of rheumatological diseases. The results of this study are a starting point for understanding t...

Introduction: Connshing syndrome is a rare disease characterized by mixed overproduction of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids from adrenal adenoma. We will describe a clinical case that illustrates a rare combination of aldosterone-cortisol co-secreting formation of the left adrenal gland against a background of bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia, and the role of diagnostic methods in determining appropriate tactics for patient treatment.Cas...

Introduction: Interaction between genetic and environmental factors is the foundation of the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT). One of the important factors is iodine supply. Iodine deficiency is the main cause of goiter, dysfunction of the thyroid gland, disorders of mental and physical development. Main solution of that problem is the iodine salt consumption. It can decrease iodine deficiency, but the RF doesn’t have general programs of salt iodization and ha...