Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Obesity is one of the most important problems worldwide in recent times. Groupal lifestyle intervention programmes are efficacious in the management of obesity. While exercise and healthy dietary habits have consistently been shown to improve various metabolic markers, adherence to these behaviors is low and methods that increase adherence to health behaviors are needed.Objective: The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effec...

Introduction: Primary thyroid lymphomas (PTL) account for 5% of all thyroid malignancies. Treatment and prognosis depend on tumor subtype. Contrasting with diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL), that have an aggressive clinical course and higher maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) in Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), thyroid extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) usually show an indolen...

Background and aims: It is known that unilateral adrenalectomy as treatment for autonomous secreting adrenal cortex adenomas effectively reduces cardiometabolic risk. Non-autonomous secreting adenomas are not expected to increase cardiometabolic risk, but this has not been thoroughly explored.We evaluated the blood pressure and glycemic profile before and after unilateral adrenalectomy for both autonomous and non-autonomous secreting adrenal cortex adenomas.<p class="abste...

Background: Previous studies of association between maternal thyroid autoimmunity and adverse pregnancy outcomes have produced inconsistent results.Objective: To examine whether thyroid autoimmunity detected at first trimester screening is predictive of a range of adverse obstetric and fetal outcomes.Patients and methods: We studied 438 women with singleton pregnancies who underwent first trimester screening test between June and J...

Purposes: To report the prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome (MS) and its related components among adolescents living in the city of Almería (south of Spain). To examine the distribution of HOMA-IR (homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance).Methods: A total of 373 subjects attending secundary school (aged 12–17 years) participated in a community-based cross-sectional survey. IOTF (International Obesity Task Force) criteria were u...

Introduction: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant condition with an incidence of 1 in 2600 to 3000 individuals. Patients with this disorder are characterized by multiple neurofibromas, caf-au-lait macules, axillary freckling, optic gliomas, iris hamartomas, and skeletal abnormalities. Overall risk of developing neoplasms is approximately 2 to 4-fold higher in patients with NF1, with a risk of malignancy estimated between 5 and 15%. Endocrinopathies are some...