Endocrine Abstracts

Mitochondrial diseases are rare conditions with a wide phenotypic range. The inability of dysfunctional mitochondria to produce sufficient ATP results in multi-organic defects dependent on high aerobic such as pancreas. The most common endocrine disease related to mitochondrial diseases is diabetes mellitus and it is thought to be secondary to insulin deficiency. A 26-year-old pregnant patient with 26 weeks gestational age was referred to an Endocrinology appointment ...

Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are an innovative oncologic therapy used in several types of solid and hematological neoplasms. This treatment enables the antitumoral immune system response and results in significant improvement of clinical outcomes and survival rate. However, endocrine related adverse effects (ERAE) have been related, with thyroid and pituitary dysfunction being the most common endocrine diseases described. An association between the surge of e...