Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: 30% of the adult population has high blood pressure. About 6% of the hypertension may be caused by primary aldosteronism and very rare by primary hyperparathyroidism. The combination of these two causes is very rare.Case report: Our patient is women (age 50) with a 21 year long history of uncontrolled hypertension. Treatment of hypertension consist of a beta-blocker, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, loop di...

Background and aim: We carried out a prospective 1-year study to examine the association of sudomotor dysfunction with mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease.Materials and methods: 97 patients from dialysis unit (28 with diabetic nephropathy (DN); 37 with nephroangiosclerosis, (NA), 18 with glomerulonephritis (GN), 14 with other conditions (O)); 32 with type 2 DM and creatinine clearance (CrCl) 30–50 ml/min; and 24 transplanted patients w...

The aim of the study was to compare ATPIII and IDF criteria for metabolic syndrome in diabetes mellitus type 2 subjects.Two hundred and seventy-seven participants were included, 177 women 60.43±8.06 years and 100 men aged 56.35±9.58 years. Group A: metabolic syndrome by ATPIII; group B metabolic syndrome by IDF.Following laboratory and antropometric measurements were done: total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL- and HDL ch...

Adrenal tumours form a very heterogeneous group by their origin, clinical presentation, size and biological potential.The aim of our retrospective study was the epidemiological analysis of the patients with adrenal tumours. We analyzed the gender, age, localisation, clinical presentation, and in patients who were treated surgically- the type of the intervention, patohystological and immunohystochemical finding from the 01.01.2000 to 01.01.2008. The linea...

Introduction: Diabetic retinopathy screening is the most accessible method of visualization of the affected small blood vessels in diabetic patients. Diabetic retinopathy is associated with age of patients, duration of diabetes, male sex, poor blood glucose control, central obesity, arterial hypertension, increased proteinuria, chronic inflammation and lipid disorders. Our study aims to compare type 2 diabetes patients with and without developed diabetic retinopathy regarding ...

Relation between thyroid hormones and bone metabolism markers in hyperthyroidism is well known. Earlier studies indicate possibility of bone metabolism acceleration during the excessive replacement therapy with L-thyroxine in hypothyroid patients especially in one with other risk factors for bone metabolism impairment. This study evaluated the effect of physiological L-thyroxine treatment on bone metabolism in patients with primary hypothyroidism....

In recent years, adrenal tumors (AT) are no rare disease. They may arise from all zones of adrenal cortex and medulla, benign or malignant, sometimes as metastases of distant malignances. Patient’s present hormone excess or mass effect, but part of them is clinically silent. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency, hormonal secretion and pathohistology of AT in our patients lasting years. All patients with AT which are hospitalized in the period from Januar...

Introduction: The American College of Radiology proposed in 2017. ACR-TIRADS scoring system for the ultrasound findings of the thyroid gland. It now represents a standardized system of scoring pathological changes determined from five categories registered with ultrasound. High cumulative result leads to higher TR level and the higher probability of malignancy, which provides recommendations for eather FNA (fine needle aspiration) or further ultrasound monitoring of nodules as...