Endocrine Abstracts

Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disorder, caused by hypersecretion of growth hormone. Cardiovascular and metabolic complications reduce life expectancy. Early carbohydrate metabolism disorders and diabetes mellitus are frequently associated with acromegaly.Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the glycemic profile and cardiovascular complications in acromegaly.Methods: We performed a retrospective study. We included...

Objective: Acromegaly is frequently associated with thyroid diseases. In this study we evaluated the incidence, morphology of the thyroid and the influence of surgery, iradiation and medical therapy used in acromegaly on thyroid function.Methods: We evaluated 20 patients diagnosed with acromegaly using thyroid ultrasonography and measurement of IGF1, GH, TSH, free T4. 65% of the patients had active disease and were under medical therapy.<p class="abs...

Introduction: The occurence of simultaneous medullary and papillary thyroid cancer is very rare. There were only 17 case reports in the literature, and fewer with Graves-Basedow disease associated. A retrospective study conducted at the National Institute of Endocrinology ‘C. I. Parhon’ showed that 7,6%of the patients who underwent total thyroidectomy for Graves-Basedow disease had thyroid cancer. Recent studies show that specific cellular pathways are determined by ...

Introduction: Menopausal adrenal tumours may be elements of a complex panel of co-morbidities. Some of these are represented by the presence of a second pathology requiring surgery at the kidney level.Aim: We aim to introduce a series of two cases involving menopausal women who were referred for specific endocrine assays after they had a unilateral nephrectomy (UN).Method: This is a cases series observational study. The patients ga...

Introduction: Thyroid fluid-filled cavities are mostly resulted from degenerating thyroid adenomas but blood vessel anomalies are also described. Despite the typical benign behavior the local anatomical effects may require fine needle aspiration or directly surgery.Materials and methods: This is series of cases presenting intermittent breathing problems leading to the diagnosis of thyroid cysts. Thyroid evaluation included ultrasound, computed tomography...