Endocrine Abstracts

We present extremely rare case of a female patient with the coincidence of hyperthyroidism, exophthalmos and Erdheim–Chester disease (a rare form of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, positive BRAF mutation). The patient was hospitalized due to exacerbations of the primary disease and symptoms of thyroid dysfunction. For about two months, the patient has reported increased feeling of heat, sweating, palpitations, weight loss of about 10 kg for 3 months, significant intens...

Introduction: The autoimmune process is currently the most common cause ofthe primary adrenal insufficiency cases in developed countries. The complexity of this process consists of genetic, immunological and environmental factors. It has been proven that vitamin D (VD) inhibits the production of inflammatory cytokines and can modulate immune-regulatory mechanisms.Purpose: The aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of VD insufficiencyin...

Background: Despite increased awareness among cardiologists about the risk of amiodarone’s significant side effects, it is still a commonly used antiarrhythmic drug. Amiodarone may induced easy for management hypothyroidism which affect even 25% of patients or less frequent thyrotoxicosis (AIT) which causes a challenge for clinicians. Type 1 of AIT occurs on the basis of pre-existing thyroid diseases such as nodular goiter or latent Graves’ disease, type 2 results fr...