Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: It is too much easier and cheaper to combat obesity, than in the future to treat diabetes mellitus and its complications.Methods: We used an online system for patient education based on the video lessons, full of humor, pictures, and cartoons to convey the necessary information on good nutrition, necessary to do exercises and the need for exposure to the sun to our patients.Results: Watching the short movies, the pati...

Introduction: It is too much easier and cheaper to prevent a decrease a bone density and fractures, than in the future to treat osteoporosis and its complications.Materials and methods: We used an online system for patient education based on the video lessons to convey the necessary information on good nutrition, necessary to do exercises and the need for exposure to the sun. Also we added individual online doctors management.Study...

Objectives: It is too much easier and cheaper to combat obesity, than in the future to treat diabetes mellitus and its complications.Methods: We used an online system for patient education (www.rightdiet.ru) based on the video lessons, full of humor, pictures, and cartoons to convey the necessary information on good nutrition, necessary to do exercises and the need for exposure to the sun to our patients.Results: A patient was in t...

Introduction: There are a lot of conditions associated with human immunodeficiency viri such as lipodystrophy, fat atrophy, insulin resistance, low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and hypertriglyceridemia. A diet program combined with exercises can help to treat patients with HIV.Methods: We used an online system for patient education based on video lessons, full of humor, pictures, and cartoons to convey the necessary information on good...

Introduction: It is too much easier and cheaper to obesity, than in the future to treat diabetes mellitus and its complications.Materials and methods: We used an online system for patient education based on the video lessons, full of humor, pictures, and cartoons to convey the necessary information on good nutrition, necessary to do exercises and the need for exposure to the sun to our patients.Study results: Watching the short mov...

Objective: Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH-ectopic) syndrome (EAS) is a rare cause of ACTH-dependent endogenous hypercortisolism. The objective of this study was to analyze the clinical, biochemical, and radiological features, management, and treatment outcome of patients with EAS.Methods: It was a retrospective case-record study of 47 patients with EAS. Clinical, biochemical, and radiological features and response to therapy and survival rate ...

Introduction: We report the clinical presentation of pheochromocytoma with Cushing’s syndrome due to ectopic production of ACTH, and assess the histopathological diagnosis, treatment modality and prognostic factors compared with the literature.Results: Cushing’s Syndrome due to ectopic ACTH production is uncommon and due to pheochromocytoma is extremely rare. We discuss the case of a 50-year-old female who initially presented with vague, non-sp...

Introduction: We report the clinical presentation, immunohistochemistry, imaging, histopathology, treatment and outcome of a patient with ACTH-secreting tumour of liver.Case report: Cushing’s Syndrome due to ectopic ACTH production is uncommon and due to neuroendocrine tumour of liver is extremely rare. We discuss the case of a 27-year-old female who initially presented with vague, non-specific symptoms, such as general and muscle weakness, weight g...

Phaeochromocytomas are responsible for the development ACTH-ectopic syndrome in 5% cases. Less than 1% phaeochromocytoma accompanied by symptoms of ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism. We observed four cases of ACTH-secreting phaeochromocytoma during 2 years. All patients were women from 50 to 63 years. The disease duration ranged from 6 months to 5 years. The clinical picture presented the signs of hypercortisolism (matronism, hyperpigmentation of the skin, the redistribution of ...

Introduction: Ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS) is a rare cause of ACTH-dependent endogenous hypercortisolism.Objective: The objective of this study was to analyse the clinical, biochemical, and radiological features, management, and treatment outcome of patients with EAS.Design: It was a retrospective case-record study of 52 patients with EAS.Materials and methods: Clinical, biochemical, and radiological features ...