Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Wernicke Encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neurologic disorder caused by thiamine deficiency. It is characterized by the classic triad of encephalopathy, gait ataxia and oculomotor dysfunction. It occurs in the setting of poor nutrition caused by lack of dietary intake or malabsorption. Since both of them can happen in patients that underwent bariatric surgery it is of utmost importance to prevent, recognize and treat this severe complication.<p class="abstext"...

Introduction: MODY 5 is a rare form of autosomal dominant monogenic diabetes with a broad phenotypical spectrum that occurs with pancreatic and extra-pancreatic clinical manifestations, such as: malformation and dysfunction of the pancreas, nephrourologic anomalies, impaired renal function, hepatopathy and neurocognitive defects. It is caused by a mutation of the gene encoding hepatocyte nuclear transcription factor 1 beta (HNF1β).Case 1: M...