Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Androgen excess in women usually is presented as hirsutism and alopecia. Androgens could be expressed from adrenal or ovarian origin.Case reports: Female, 57 years (yrs) old, presented with hirsutism (Ferriman Galwey score, FGS 18), weight gain, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity (BMI 38.5 kg/m2). Diagnostic evaluation revealed normal prolactin, SHBG, DHEAS, IGF-1, ACTH, TSH, serum cortisol i...

Introduction: In patients with non-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and obesity treated with oral therapy, liraglutide treatment should improve glycemic and metabolic control.Materials and methods: Retrospective descriptive study. Liraglutide treatment was started in 46 outpatients with uncontrolled DM2. The effect of therapy was evaluated between September 2013 and January 2016. Age, sex, duration of diabetes, weight, BMI, HbA1c, fasti...