Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused the recent pandemic. Most affected patients have gone through a rather mild disease. However, some of the patients have gone through a severe illness requiring admission to an acute care unit. Some survived while others succumbed to the disease. In some patients the SARS-CoV-2 infection was characterized by neurological manifestations. One of these is transverse myelitis thought to be caused either by the virus itself as the SARS-C...

Introduction: Leukopenia is a manifestation of autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Leukopenia may be an early sign of autoimmunity and may be a comorbidity in patients with autoimmune Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Aim: The aim was to present a cohort of 12 patients with autoimmune Hashimoto’s thyroiditis who presented with leukopenia.Methods: A cohort of 12 patients, aged 19-72 y, female, with autoi...