Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundCushing syndrome (CS) is caused by prolonged exposure to elevated cortisol levels and it’s classified as either ACTH-dependent or ACTH independent CS. The most common form of endogenous ACTH CS is Cushing disease (CD); ACTH-independent CS is caused by various adrenal abnormalities. First-line therapy in CS is the resection of the underlying tumor in all cases. After surgical cure of CS, most patients develop transient secondary adrenal ins...

Introduction: The new tool FRAX indicated risk of fracture, using or not DXA which is the golden standard for osteoporosis diagnosis.Aim: We analyzed the lumbar DXA correlations with 10-year fragility fracture risk probability.Material and method: A cross sectional study in postmenopausal women was designed. They were osteoporosis free at baseline; none of them has previously been treated for osteoporosis. The anamnesis, the anthro...

Introduction: The pituitary non-secreting microadenomas (or incidentalomas) are frequently diagnosed over the last decades thanks to imagery scan progresses and access. The gonadal dysfunction, as well as other pituitary deficiency is related to common genetic backup (+/− other pituitary dysfunctions) or may be incidental.Aim: We analyzed the endocrine profile in pituitary incidentalomas (microadenomas).Material and method: A...

Introduction: The pituitary tumors which are considered pituitary incidentalomas are accidentally discovered at pituitary scan and they associate a lack of pituitary hyper-secretion. Opposite to what generally are considered for adrenal incidentalomas, the pituitary incidentalomas are more frequent with years of life.Aim: We analyzed the incidentaloma sizes related to decades of age.Material and method: This is a retrospective stud...

Introduction: The congenital cystic neck masses underlie various diagnosis including tymic cysts. Even they are an embryological defects, the adult onset might be seen. The aetiology is not clearly established. The malignant behaviour or infections are correlated to the cysts. Aim: we present a female case with a complicated history of cysts.Case report: 42-year old female is known with the following medical history. Seven years ago she was operated for ...

Introduction: The fat mass (FM) is assessed by DXA, magnetic resonance, etc. One of the most accessible methods for current practice is bioimpedance.Aim: We analyzed FM based on bioimpedance and fragility fracture risk.Material and method: This is a transversal study in women, admitted at C.I.Parhon National Institute of Endocrinology, Bucharest, Romania. The inclusion criteria were women in menopause. The exclusion criteria were p...

For over 50 years the casuistic of patients with thyroid cancer registered in the Nuclear Medicine Department of the National Institute of Endocrinology in Bucharest, Romania, has over 12 000 cases. In the last 6 years, a total of 2580 new cases have been added. They are organized in a ‘classic file’ format. As a necessity and the first step in order to build a digital national database, we developed the BIOMAT-ENDO software as a Windows Forms application that stores...