Endocrine Abstracts

Severe hypothyroidism is a rare cause of precocious puberty, because long-standing primary hypothyroidism traditionally leads to both pubertal and growth delay. We report a case of a 4.7 year old girl presented with abdominal/pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding since 1 week. The child was diagnosed as a case with a right ovarian mass and was planned for surgery. She was born at term pregnancy without complication. Physical examination revealed typical features of hypothyroidism. ...

Procalcitonin (PCT) is a peptide precursor of the hormone calcitonin. Procalcitonin is synthesized by a large number of tissues and organs in response to invasion by pathogenic bacteria, fungi and some parasites. Its a new and innovative parameter which reacts with high sensitivity and specificity to generalized infection and sepsis.Objective: The aim of the study was to assess PCT value for the diagnosis of systemic infection.Meth...

Introduction: Graves’ hyperthyroidism is an autoimmune disease sustained by autoantibodies binding to and activating the TSH receptor located on the thyroid follicular cell. The objective of study was to determine the presence of anti-receptor TSH antibodies for the diagnosis of Grave’s diseases and the following up after surgery, iodine and treatment with antithyroid drug.Results: In years 2006–2010 in our clinic in 265 patients for thyro...

Introduction: Graves’ hyperthyroidism is an autoimmune disease sustained by auto antibodies binding to and activating the TSH receptor located on the thyroid follicular cell. The diagnosis of Graves’ hyperthyroidism is based upon clinical symptoms, signs and laboratory tests confirming the presence of thyrotoxicosis, positive thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and less commonly thyroglobulin (Tg) antibodies, and finally, positive serum TSH receptor antibodies (TRab). Recently ...