Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Sibutramine, orlistat and metformin appear beneficial for the treatment of adult with obesity. Several investigators have suggested that larger weight losses might be achieved by combining weight loss agents. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of sibutramine monotherapy versus sibutramine plus metformin combination therapy in obese women with normal glucose tolerance.Material-method: This is a 6 month, prospective and randomized ...

The association of thymoma with myasthenia gravis is well known, however association of these two syndromes (Thymoma+Myasthenia gravis) with Addison’s disease is very rare. In here we report myasthenia gravis and autoimmune Addison’s disease in a patient with thymoma.A 32-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with symptoms of weakness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, pigmentation of skin and mucous membranes for 2 years. He had undergone to the...