Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare condition, which is connected with a variety of diseases. Very infrequently, it occurs in association with malignancy denoting widespread metastases and poor prognosis. We describe a patient with hypereosinophilia and hypercalcemia as a manifestation of disseminated cholangiocarcinoma.Case description: A 54-year-old man with a history of alcoholic hepatitis for the last 10 years was admitted due to severe ...

Background: The alpha2B adrenoceptor gene, a candidate gene for essential hypertension, harbours a functional insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of three glutamate residues.Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether the presence of the D allele is associated with hypertension in Greek patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Patients-methods: One hundred and twenty-nine hypertensive (64 male, mean age: 66....

Aim of the study: To examine the white blood cell count and the platelet count in type 2 diabetic patients vs. age-matched healthy controls, as well as to investigate if the abovementioned counts are associated with parameters of diabetes.Methods: This study included 337 subjects, divided into two groups. Group A comprised 190 type 2 diabetic patients (98 men, mean age 66.5±9.6 years, mean diabetes duration 11.7±8.6 years). Group B comprised 14...

Objective: To examine the ability of a multisensor armband (SenseWear Pro 2 Armband™, Body Media, Pittsburgh, PA) to estimate daily energy expenditure (EE).Patients and methods: Eighteen healthy women (mean age:29.4±5.8 yr and mean BMI:23.2) participated in the study. Daily EE was estimated by the Sensewear Armband and a physical activity record (PAL) during the same day. Appropriate MET factors were assigned to the different activity categorie...

Objective: To investigate the potential association between serum inflammatory cytokine levels and thyroxine replacement dose in patients with Hashimoto disease.Patients and methods: The study included 40 patients (12 men) with a mean age of 56.52±6.12 years who had hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto disease. Serum Interleukin-1b (IL-1b), Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels, as well as TSH, fT3 and fT<sub...