Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: TSH-producing pituitary adenomas account for 1–2% of all pituitary tumors and there is debate wether transsphenoidal surgery or medical treatment should be recommended as first-line treatment. This study summarizes the authors surgical experience and puts it into context of literature concerning non-surgical treatment of TSHomas.Methods: A retrospective analysis of 12 patients including imaging, laboratory testing, short-term and long-te...

Context: Recent data from controlled clinical trials have demonstrated that GLP-1 agonists are a well-tolerated therapy-option for weight loss in obese patients without type 2 diabetes mellitus.Objective: To investigate whether continuation of treatment, side-effects and effect on weight loss of GLP-1 agonists are equally promising in dairy clinical practice settings in non-diabetics.Methods: Obese, non-diabetic patients of our int...