Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acute pancreatitis may cause endocrine and exocrine dysfunction, but in the early phase of acute pancreatitis these changes are poorly documented.Aim: The aim of this study was to asses the endocrine and exocrine impairment in the early phase of AP and to establish the need forPatients and methods: We have collected data from 116 patients with AP, with different aetiologies and degrees of severity of the disease. We h...

Introduction: Selenium is a mineral that plays a key role in the intracellular reactions of the thyroid. Some selenium-based proteins have a protective antioxidant function in thyrocytes. Likewise, Selenium is incorporated into deiodinases, helping in the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Through its antioxidant and anti inflammatory properties, selenium affects the development of autoimmune thyroid diseases, such as Graves Disease. Supplementation with selenium is often prescrib...

Introduction: APS-2 is the most common autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome. It is characterized by the presence of various endocrine-related diseases, such as autoimmune thyroid disease, type 1 diabetes mellitus, Addison’s disease, primary hypogonadism, and, in rarer cases, hypoparathyroidism or hypopituitarism.Case report: Our patient is a 38-year-old female with a medical history of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DMT1) for 13 years, Hashimoto’s thyr...

Background: We present a rare case of a 64-year-old patient diagnosed with longstanding untreated Graves’ disease and co-occurrence of metastatic thyroid cancer. Very few cases are reported in literature where the thyrotoxicosis in due to the distant metastasis and optimal treatment remains challenging.Case Presentation: The patient came to the endocrine unit for thyrotoxicosis treatment. He was diagnosed with Graves’ disease and following trea...

Introduction: Friedreich ataxia (FA) is a multisystem autosomal recessive disease with progressive clinical course involving the neuromuscular and endocrine system. Individuals with FA have an increased risk of developing diabetes. In FA-associated diabetes, both insulin deficiency and insulin resistance have been reported. We present a case with FA, presented with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) as the first presentation of diabetes mellitus.Case Presentati...

Aim: The aim of the study is to identify the current level of knowledge of nursing students at the end of their studies in the Master’s degree about competence in general nursing, work accidents and competence of endocrine nurses in diabetes care.Methods: We had 673 nursing students enrolled in the study. They were all students at the end of their study in the master’s degree. 76% of the students were practicing nurses with more than 3 years of...

IntroductionHashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) has been linked to papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, Hurthle cell cancer or even lymphoma. In contrast, there are only a few reports of co-existence of HT with medullary thyroid carcinoma. The link between them is unknown. An overall prevalence of medullary carcinoma of only 0.35% has been reported in HT patients. This prevalence is higher in female rather than male. We present the case of a female patient ...

Introduction: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a lethal hematological malignancy with an incidence of 6.1/100 000 per year. The association of thyroid autoimmune diseases and MM is rare and has not been fully investigated. Also, it is well known that agranulocytosis is a potential lethal adverse reaction of antithyroid treatment.Case report: We present the case of a 59-year-old female patient that presented with symptoms of hyperthyroidism. Objectively: Mild bil...

Background: This study seeks to assess the precision of obesity perception among patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (DMT2), acknowledging obesity as a pivotal modifiable risk factor crucial for diabetes prevention. Furthermore, it is important to unveil and analyze the factors that contribute to the misperceptions of obesity within DM patients.Methods: This study aims to investigate a cohort of consecutive patients treated at the Endocrinology Unit ...

Introduction: Thyroid nodules are common in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (HT) patients. They are usually hypo-functioning or "cold" areas on the scan. Presentation as a functioning "nodule" is extremely unusual. Warner reported the first case of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and hot nodule in 1971. This rare condition has been previously reported in a few cases too. We present a 55-year-old woman with toxic adenoma and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis with local com...