Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The association between autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and other autoimmune diseases is well-known. The prevalence of concurrent autoimmune gastritis and celiac disease in AITD has been estimated at approximately 20–25% and 2–5% respectively. Although both conditions have significant morbidity including malignancy and may necessitate dietary modifications and endoscopic evaluation, no recommendation exists to screen AITD patients for these autoimmune d...

BackgroundAlthough patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are at higher risk of hip fracture, data regarding the effect of DM on rehabilitation outcomes is limited.MethodsA retrospective population-based study was conducted comparing diabetic and non-diabetic elderly patients with a recent hip fracture who were admitted to a geriatric rehabilitation facility during 2014–2019. The Functional Independence Me...

Introduction: Although appendicitis occurs in approximately 1:1000 pregnancies, appendiceal neuroendocrine neoplasm (ANEN) diagnosis during pregnancy is very rare. Data on presentation, treatment and prognosis is scarce.Aim: To describe ANEN cases diagnosed during pregnancy.Materials and Methods: A retrospective appraisal of 7 consecutive ANEN patients diagnosed during pregnancy from four Israeli tertiary medical centers and compar...

Background: The differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal tumors includes lymphoid, germ cell and neurogenic tumors such as paraganglioma. Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors of the autonomic nervous system, which may secrete catecholamines and their metabolites. Clinical features include sustained or paroxysmal hypertension, headaches, sweating and palpitations. Here we present an unusual case of a retroperitoneal tumor entrapping a sympathetic nerve ganglion and mi...

Introduction: Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is a rare genetic disease characterized by renal resistance to parathyroid hormone (PTH), presenting with hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia and elevated PTH levels. We describe a PHP patient who presented with clinically significant hypercalcemia.Case description: A 46-year-old woman with a prior history of hypocalcemia presented to the emergency department with new-onset hypercalcemia, renal failure and anemia....

Background: Data regarding the effect of gender and age on medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) presentation and prognosis is limited. Although older age and male sex were found to correlate with poorer prognosis in some studies, this correlation may reflect differences in MTC presentation between sex and age groups, or a mixture of hereditary and sporadic MTC forms.Objective: To evaluate the impact of age and sex on the presentation and outcomes of MTC.<p...

Introduction: Appendiceal neuroendocrine neoplasms (ANEN) account for approximately 50% of all primary tumors of the appendix and are between the first and third-most frequent gastrointestinal neuroendocrine neoplasms. Data regarding trends in incidence, management and prognosis of ANEN is limited.Aims: To evaluate temporal trends in ANEN incidence, evaluation and management over a 13-year period.Materials and methods: Appendectomy...

Background: Bisphosphonates are effective in malignancy-related hypercalcemia and have been beneficial in parathyroid-hormone (PTH)-dependent hypercalcemia in small randomized-controlled trials. However, data regarding efficacy and safety in PTH-dependent hypercalcemia is limited, and pamidronate is not indicated for this condition.Objective: To evaluate efficacy and safety of pamidronate in moderate-severe PTH-dependent hypercalcemia. Control groups wer...

BackgroundMost post-osteoporotic fracture patients do not receive osteoporosis treatment, although it reduces risks for additional fractures. This retrospective, observational study reviewed osteoporosis evaluation and treatment following typical osteoporotic fractures.MethodsWe identified patients with hip, vertebral, humerus or radius fractures, examined in Meir Medical Center, January-December 2017. Exclus...

BackgroundAlthough anemia was previously described as a complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), it’s prevalence and prognostic meaning in patients with DM and pre-DM with normal kidney function was not thoroughly investigated.MethodsA retrospective analysis of patients with DM and pre-DM referred to the endocrine institute in Meir medical center during 2015. Patients with estimated glomerular filtration ...