Endocrine Abstracts

Tuberous sclerosis complex is characterised by non-malignant tumours in the skin, brain, kidneys, heart, eyes, lung, but sometimes angiomyolipomas may develop in the adrenals, ovaries, thyroid, and rarely neuroendocrine tumours in the pancreas, pituitary gland, parathyroids. The case of a 46-years-old female patient suffering of tuberous sclerosis and endocrine disturbances is presented. She is known with temporal lobe epilepsy since early childhood, and anxious depressive dis...

Introduction: The diagnostical and therapeutical management of GH-secreting pituitary adenomas has been modified in many aspects in the last decade, and the guidelines also have been considerably changed.Objective: To evaluate the management of acromegaly applied in an endocrinological clinical unit from Romania, and the efficiency of different therapeutical schemes.Materials and methods: 23 patients with acromegaly, treated and fo...

Introduction: In Romania universal salt iodization was implemented into practice since 2002, and iodine content of salt was gradually increased afterward. The efficiency and sustainability of this nationwide program were evaluated among school children from endemic regions of Mures and Harghita Counties. During these studies thyroid ultrasound characteristic for chronic autoimmune thyroiditis was observed in a considerable number of cases.Objective: To e...