Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Permanent hypoparathyroidism is the most common complication of thyroid surgery with a reported incidence of 2-10% depending on the observation time, extent of surgery and underlying disease, with higher risk for total thyroidectomy and Graves disease/thyroid cancer. European data on chronic hypoparathyroidism have been reported from several countries, especially Scandinavia. We therefore aimed to add more information from Central Europe.Meth...

Introduction: Hyperprolactinemia is a frequent endocrine disorder with well known harmful effects on the reproductive system and bone metabolism. Besides prolactinomas several drugs and disorders such as renal failure and hypothyroidism have been shown to cause hyperprolactinemia. Based on former studies liver cirrhosis has also been suggested to cause hyperprolactinemia while mechanisms have not been identified yet. In this study we set out to investigate the prevalence and p...