Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ectopic release of ACTH caused by pheochromocytoma is extremely rare. The clinical picture of hypercortisolism is overlapped by catecholamine excess that makes diagnosis more difficult.Case report: A 74-year-old women was admitted to the hospital because of hypertension, recently diagnosed diabetes and weight loss (10 kg per six months). In physical examination: cachexia, dehydratation, pallor, hirsutism, proximal muscle weakness, elevated ...

Introduction: Assessment of the RAAS has been recently granted a much greater role in the evaluation of patients with arterial hypertension (AH). There is no single test efficient in selection of patients for second-step etiological investigation.Methods: 198 consecutive patients- 119 women (60%) and 79 men (40%)- hospitalized in years 2009-2011 at the Clinical Department of Endocrinology UMB as to diagnose PA. In each patient PRA and PAC (basic and afte...

Subclinical hyperthyroidism (SH) is characterised by supressed serum TSH concentration accompanied by fT3 and fT4 levels maintained within their reference ranges. The vascular endothelium as a specific target of thyroid hormones is strongly affected in hyperthyroidism. We aimed to compare the alterations of the endothelial function, haemostatic and inflammatory parameters in patients with SH in comparison with overt hyperthyroidism (OH) due to Graves’ disease and toxic no...