Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Visceral obesity has been associated with systemic oxidative stress, measured by oxidized LDL (oxLDL).Aim: Investigate circulating oxLDL levels in patients with visceral obesity, and its relationship with metabolic abnormalities found in visceral obesity.Methods: We evaluated blood pressure (BP), waist circumference (WC), fasting glucose, total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, ApoA1, ApoB, ApoCIII, Lp(a) and oxLDL ...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare disease caused by an increased secretion of GH, usually derived from a benign pituitary tumor. Women with acromegaly are usually infertile, because of tumoral hypersecretion, compression or surgical sequelae. We can prevent infertility with an adequate treatment. There are some reports describing pregnacies among acromegalic women. It is believed that there is an increased risk of develloping diabetes mellitus and hypertension, especially whe...

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a potentially life-threatening syndrome due to acute infarction and/or hemorrhage of the pituitary gland. In many cases it is the first form of presentation of a pituitary adenoma. The purpose of the study is to analyze the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of this syndrome.Patients and methods: A retrospective analysis of the patients diagnosed with pituitary tumor apoplexy at Santo Antonio’s Hospita...

Introduction: Liquid silicone is an inert material that as minimal local tissue reaction, but it is the systemic complications, such as silicone embolism and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that carry the highest associated morbidity. Liquid silicone is frequently used for illegal cosmetic procedures in transsexual patients, and the most common injection sites are the hips, buttocks, face and breasts.We report a case of silicone embolism with ...