Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) is an alternative to multiple daily injection therapy in type 1 diabetes and its use is increasingly common due to the beneficial effects on the glycemic control of the patient.Aims: To find differences on outcomes of CSII therapy between genders. Patients and methods: Patients on CSII therapy in our department were included in the study and we recorded outcomes regarding the following set...

Introduction: The recognition of thyroid microcarcinoma has been increasing in recent years probably as a result of the widespread use of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of small non palpable nodules and possibly of a more extensive histological examination.Objectives: To describe clinical and histological characteristics of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma and compare them according to its size (< or ≥5 mm).<p clas...

Introduction: Cryptorchidism is the most common abnormality of male sexual development. Approximately 5% of cases of cryptorchidism are associated with vanishing testes syndrome. This rare condition occurs when an initially normal testicle that existed in fetal life subsequently atrophies. Affected patients usually have normal male external genitalia and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. This disease is usually diagnosed in early childhood allowing for normal sexual development ...

IntroductionAmong other organic functions, Prolactin (PRL) can influence metabolism.AimTo evaluate basal glucose metabolism in women with prolactinoma, according to menstrual cycle, presence of hyperprolactinemia, and dopamine agonist (DA) treatment.Material and methodsCross-sectional study of 17 women with microprolactinoma and 11 healthy controls. Variables eval...

Background: Agranulocytosis is rare and may develop in 0.2–0.5% patients using antithyroid drug therapy (ATD). We report on a patient who developed febrile neutropenia two weeks after starting treatment with methimazole.Case Report: A 74-year-old female, with no relevant medical history, was diagnosed with Graves disease and treated with methimazole (30 mg/day). Three weeks after starting therapy she presented to the emergency department with compla...

Adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC) are rare and usually very aggressive tumors with heterogeneous outcomes. The individual variability in tumor progression and patients’ survival is linked to ACC biology and molecular heterogeneity, reinforcing the need to identify markers with prognosis value, to allow an accurate clinical strategy. Currently, in the absence of specific molecular markers, ACC prognosis is mainly predicted by the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tum...

Most of adrenocortical tumors (ACT) are benign and non-functioning tumors, in contrast to adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC), which are rare and usually very aggressive tumors with a poor prognosis. The pathological discrimination between adrenocortical adenomas (ACA) and ACC is mainly based on unspecific and subjective histological features, resulting in inaccurate diagnosis in several cases. Numerous studies have previously described the potential value of immunohistochemistry ...

Background: Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine secreting tumor originating usually from adrenal medulla and representing approximately 5% of adrenal incidentalomas. Currently 10% of all pheochromocytomas are discovered incidentally during imaging studies for unrelated disorders.Case presentation: A thirty five year old woman with no relevant medical history presented at the emergency department with symptoms of left flank pain and vomiting. Abdomin...

Introduction: Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) are defined as adrenal masses measuring 10 mm or more in diameter, incidentally discovered on imaging exams performed for a non-adrenal disorder. The aim of this study is to provide a clinical and imagiological characterization of patients diagnosed with AIs followed in our institution.Methods: We conducted an observational and retrospective study that included patients with AIs evaluated at our institution betw...

Introduction: A simple linear anthropometric linear equation for total body fat quantification in adults was recently selected as the best of 365 anthropometric indexes in the American population. The authors intend to evaluate the correlation between the relative fat mass (RFM) equation and body fat determination by electric bioimpedance (EB) and compare it with BMI.Material/methods: Retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study that selected all ...