Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Graves disease is a resurgent autoimmune condition that is known to occur during treatment and immune reconstitution in HIV, and it is one of the commonly diagnosed endocrinopathies in these patients. Graves orbitopathy, on the other hand, is a situation that occurs less frequently. We report the clinical features and manifestations of thyroid-associated orbitopathy in a case of an HIV patient with Graves disease.Case Presentation: A 48-year-...

Background: Hashimoto thyroiditis is the most common autoimmune disease, with a marked prevalence in women. Occasionally, it may be associated with renal disease. Most described renal lesion in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis is membranous glomerulonephritis.Case: A 32 years old Caucasian man consulted the endocrinologist with a 4 months history of progressive fatigue, headache, arthralgia, dryness of skin and increased weight of approximately 10 kg...

Hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrine disorders. The long-time debatable question is whether patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) should be treated with levothyroxine. Data are contradictory and treatment decision depends on several factors: TSH level, anti-TPO level, age, presence of symptoms etc. Hypothyroidism is associated with cardiovascular disease. Even a minor increase in C-reactive protein (CRP) is considered a cardiovascular risk, therefore evid...

Here we report the case of a woman with first presentation of Addison disease in pregnancy that went undiagnosed until postpartum period. She gave birth to a healthy child by vaginal delivery at 40 weeks of pregnancy. Our patient is a 31 years pregnant woman with unremarkable medical or familial history. At 8 weeks of pregnancy she was complaining of nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and fatigue, leading to hospitalization. The physical examination revealed a blood pressure o...