Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Infertility, defined as the non-achievement of pregnancy by a couple after 12 months of free sexual intercourse, affects 4 - 17% of couples worlwide. In 20% of cases, the cause is found exclusively or mainly in the man. The purpose of this study is to evaluate infertility as a risk factor for increased psychological stress.Material and Methods: A case – control study was conducted in which the levels of psychological stress of men with infertil...

Introduction: Modern research studies reveal a negative impact of diabetes on cognitive function. Nonetheless, little is known about the risk factors that are involved in this disturbance. The present study aimed to examine the associations among cognitive/emotional functions and a number of metabolic factors associated with diabetes, in order to identify a possible link between cognitive decline and diabetes.Materials and methods: One hundred thirty fiv...

Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate whether women who developed gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) comply with the guidelines for gestational weight gain (GWG) according to their pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI).Methods: A retrospective study was conducted involving 195 pregnant women with GDM, aged 25–45 years, attending an academic hospital outpatient clinic. These women were divided into three groups according to pre-pregnanc...

Introduction: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a disorder of glucose tolerance which is diagnosed for the first time during pregnancy. Thyroid disease is common in women of reproductive age and during gestation; both diseases have an adverse impact on pregnancy outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical and ultrasonographic characteristics in women with co-existing GDM and thyroid disease.Material and methods: In total, 112 pregnant...

Objective: To report a case of hypogonadism reversal and spontaneous puberty in a craniopharyngioma patient who suffered from hypopituitarism as a result of complete surgical resection.Methods: A 13-year-old boy with hypopituitarism was evaluated for right testicular sensitivity.At the age of 6 the child presented with growth arrest and a craniopharyngioma causing pituitary insufficiency was diagnosed. Treatment with hydrocortisnon...

Objective: To report a case of a patient diagnosed with latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood (LADA) based on clinical presentation and positive glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies (GAD-abs) that converted to antibody negative diabetes after combined treatment with sitagliptin and vitamin D.Methods: A 31-year-old male presented at the emergency room with symptoms of polyuria, polydipsia, and weight loss. Blood glucose was 300 mg/dl with mild ketonur...

Objective: To report the unusual presentation of a thyrotropinoma in a patient with: i) accelerated bone turnover, evident as osteopenia and increased serum alkaline phosphatase level, and ii) a pericardial effusion, years before diagnosis, that resolved completely following surgery and somatostatin analogue treatment.Case report: A 38-year-old man had been treated for years for presumed hypothyroidism with thyroxine supplementation based on elevated TSH...

Background: The present study is designed to assess the incidence of osteoporotic fractures and the associated risk factors and particularly those used to predict the 10-year fracture risk in FRAX score based on data gathered in general practitioner’s records of rural Greece.Patients and methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of all patients with osteoporosis presented between October 2013 and December 2014. Data from medical records includi...