Endocrine Abstracts

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare infection of the soft tissues with consequent necrosis of fascial planes and surrounding tissues. If misdiagnosed or not properly treated it can be fatal. It typically follows trauma and it have already been described after intramuscular or intravenous injection of insulin.The authors present a case of a 24-year-old man, with type 1 diabetes mellitus for more than ten years, admitted to the emergency room for diabetic keto...

Aims: End stage renal disease is associated with disorders of calcium and phosphate metabolism that favor the loss of bone mass.Kidney transplant may alter this unbalance restoring bone mass. Nevertheless, recent studies showed that 48 months after transplant, the loss of bone mass still is superior to general population. Post-transplant corticosteroid therapy is considered the main responsible for the loss of bone mass.The authors...