Endocrine Abstracts

COGHD may be of genetic origin associated with deficiency of other pituitary hormones. Non treatment with GH in these cases can cause metabolic and other disturbances. The aim of this research was examining consequences of non treated COGDH in three sisters with familial hypopituitarism. Three sisters 60-, 59- and 54-year-old with familial hypopituitarism (GH,TSH, gonadotropin and prolactin deficiency) which was diagnosed 46 years before were examined. Substitution therapy per...

The prevalence of osteoporosis among men is not well-documented. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to analyze results of DXA scans preformed in males in Clinical center of Vojvodina between years 2009 and 2016. Form the total of 2006 fist DXA scans performed in 7 years period there was 14.8% of males. DXA scan was indicated by the rheumatologists, internists and endocrinologists predominantly for suspected secondary causes of osteoporosis. We divided male subjects in gr...

The data of etiology and clinical characteristics of hypopituitarism in different countries differes. The aim of the study is to investigate etiology and some clinical characteristics of patients with hypopituitarism that were treated in the Clinical center of Vojvodina. The study was conducted as a retrospective study. There were 32 males and 28 female patients. Mean age was 52.2±17.5 years. Data was analized before and after substitution of hypopituitarism. Patients wer...

Objective: Hypopituitarism is a rare disease,a pituitary adenoma and is treatment being the most common cause of it. In recent years there is increased reporting of rare causes of hypopituitarism acquired in adulthood, such as other sellar and parasellar masses, brain damage caused by radiation and traumatic brain injury (TBI), vascular lesions, infiltrative/immunological/inflammatory diseases and infectious diseases. Aim of our study was to increase the awareness to these rar...