Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The incidence of adrenal incidentalomas is 5% among patients undergoing radiological imaging. Differential diagnosis is extremely important, as it determines the tactics of both therapeutic treatment and surgical intervention. Currently, algorithms for the differential diagnosis of adrenal masses have been developed and are widely used. Nevertheless, the compliance with strictly regulated diagnostic protocols does not always allow to make an accurate diagnosis.</...

Obesity is a polyetiological and incompletely studied disease. Recent publications link the special composition of the gut microbiota not only with obesity, but also with its metabolic profile1, 2. To study the characteristics of the gut microbiota in patients with different phenotypes of obesity, 37 patients were examined. In addition to determining the quantitative composition of the gut microbiota by the Real-time PCR method, all participants were determined by l...

Currently, it has been established that obesity is a heterogeneous disease. There are metabolically healthy (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MNHO) depending on the presence of cardiometabolic disorders. Potential factors that differentiate obesity into phenotypes include the gut microbiome and endocrine activity of adipose and muscle tissue. Purpose of the study was to compare intestinal microbiome and adipomyokine profile in patients with different obesity phenotype...

Background: Cushing’s disease (CD) develops as a result of ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma. Transsphenoidal selective surgery (TSS) is the first-line therapy, and success is largely determined by the experience of the surgeon. There are several reasons for the persistence of the disease, but it is almost impossible to predict such an outcome in advance, which leads to multiple interventions and has a pronounced effect on the quality of life of patients.<p class="abs...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a rare hereditary condition that most often manifests with primary hyperparathyroidism followed by other syndromes, but there are other variations in the clinical presentation, which can increase the risk of medical error and worsen prognosis. A 32-year-old woman presents with complaints of low glucose levels, hunger, weakness, sleep disturbances, which are stopped by taking sweets. At the age of 16, a pituitary macroadenoma, prola...

Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by a decrease in bone strength and an increased risk of fractures. In the structure of osteoporosis, secondary osteoporosis is 5% in women and 20% in men. Clinicians need to exclude the secondary nature of osteoporosis, since under the ’mask’ of mineral metabolism disorders, more rare and dangerous diseases can arise. A 65-years-old women presents with complaints of three low-traumatic fractures in the last ye...

Thyroid orbitopathy (TO) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of retroocular tissues. Mostly, TO is associated with Graves’ hyperthyroidism. The development of TO is accompanied by pathological changes in the soft tissues of the orbit with damage to the optic nerve and cornea, the accessory apparatus of the eye. Despite the presence of specific symptoms, the diagnosis of TO causes problems for doctors. A 61-year-old man complained of discomfort in the eyes, double vision...

Thyrotoxicosis (T) develops as a result of persistent excess of thyroid hormones (TH). There are two groups of diseases that are fundamentally different in pathogenesis. The first group includes those in which the production of TH increases. Diseases of the second group are accompanied by T caused by destruction of the thyroid gland tissue. Therapeutic approaches for different types of T are different, therefore, a careful differential diagnosis of T is necessary, even if at f...