Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine system disorder among women of reproductive age. Although some studies have suggested an association between PCOS and autoimmune thyroiditis, only a few cases indicating association between PCOS and Graves’ disease are reported.Case report: We present a woman aged 29 with Graves' disease certified by suppressed TSH (0.001 mUI/l), high FT4 (6.6 ng/dl) associated with elevated TRAb (...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) represent ~20% of all primary neoplasms of the lung. Histologic confirmation is important for treatment and prognosis determination. NET are classified according to four subtypes in the lung: typical carcinoid tumor (TC), atypical carcinoid tumor (AC), small cell carcinoma (SCC), and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC). TC is low-grade, AC is intermediate-grade, and SCC and LCNEC are high-grade malignancies.<p class="abstex...

Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes (APS) are characterized by the association of two or more endocrine and/or nonendocrine autoimmune diseases with different immunologic features of their pathogenesis.Based on the clinical picture is divided into four different types. Type I APS comprises mucocutaneous candidiasis, hypoparathyroidism and Addison’s disease. Type II APS is defined by autoimmune Addison’s disease in association with chronic autoim...

Thyroid-associated ophtalmopathy (TAO) is an organ-specific autoimmune process that is strongly associated with thyroid dysfunction. Patients with TAO may present eyelid retraction, proptosis, chemosis, periorbital oedema and altered ocular motility with significant functional and cosmetic consequences. There is the possibility of coexistence of two or more autoimmune diseases affecting the eye due to the cross-reactivity to common antigens from the eye muscles.<p class="a...