Endocrine Abstracts

We evaluated 341 postmenopausal women, aged 29–84 years (mean age 58.18±9.01) and referred to the Center for Osteoporosis starting December 2013. Secondary causes of osteoporosis/bone loss and patients under antiosteoporotic medication or under vitamin D substitution were excluded from the study. All patients performed DXA measurement (Dexxum T, Osteosys, Inc., South Korea) (same expert). FRAX and 25 HO vitamin D levels were determined. We defined vitamin D deficienc...

Objectives: The cases described in the literature, with postpartum and lactation osteoporosis, are very rare.Material: A case report: 28 years old women, that give birth to a 3250 g weight term child, APGAR 10, breast feeding period: 3 months, with acute back pain starting the 2nd months after delivery. On the moment our evaluation she resumed breastfeeding.3 months after delivery she came in our office with diagnosed acut...

Objectives: We evaluated the diagnostic power of different used evaluation criteria in ultrasound 2B, Doppler and elastography.Method: Retrospective data analyses of all cases with breast lumps, that were evaluated and also operated during the study follow-up period. Study period: January 2011–April 2013 (Table 1).Ductal breast ultrasound, Doppler and real-time elastography was performed with a HITACHI EUB 7500 HV machine, wit...

Introduction: Functional amenorhea can appear due to chemical, emotional of physical chronic stress. It is particular pathology with special issues regagring long therm body sustaiment after the occurence of menses cessation. Material comprise 39 young women, with ages between 17 and 34, (mean age of 24.55±6.09 years), 11 adolescents and 28 adult women, with secondary amenorrhea induced by weight loss, there were addressed to our Endocrine Unit, starting January 2014. Inc...

Background: Cushing’s syndrome is a rare condition in pregnancy, because infertility is one of the main features of this pathology. Association between pregnancy and cortisol excess involves a high rate of mortality and morbidity for mother and fetus. Hypertension, preeclampsia, diabetes, miscarriage, preterm delivery or sudden intrauterine death can occur. We describe a case of a pregnancy in a patient with a history of Cushing’s Syndrome, diagnosed during the pre...