Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: BB rats develop diabetes as young adults by an autoimmune mechanism. Ghrelin is a peptidic hormone synthesized mainly in the oxintic cells of the gastric mucosae in adults. During intrauterine life however, this peptide is synthesized mainly at the pancreas. Ghrelin exerts proliferative and survival promoting effects in different cell types. We investigated the effect of ghrelin treatment in a diabetes autoimmune animal model to analyze death rate and cellular proliferat...

Aim: To assess a perioperative glucocorticoid protocol in transsphenoidal surgery (TSS)and the performance of early post-TSS 08:00 cortisol measurement to detect/exclude secondary adrenal insufficiency.Methods: We selected patients undergoing TSS.In patients with no cushing disease, we checked cortisol/Synachten presurgery, measured 3° postoperative 0800 a.m. cortisol(after 24 h without corticoids) and cortisol/Synachten 3-6 months post-surgery. We ...

Introduction: Thyroid cancer is the most frequent malignant endocrine neoplasia. Its incidence has significantly risen worldwide in the last decades.Objective: To estimate the incidence of thyroid cancer in Valladolid’s east area population, Spain, over the period 2002–2016.Methods: A retrospective descriptive research was performed in the Clinical Universitary Hospital of Valladolid (HCUVa). Clinical data was obtained fr...

IntroductionMorbid obesity is a very prevalent disease, bariatric surgery being a fundamental pillar in its treatment.ObjectiveTo analyze the results of weight loss at 1 year in patients operated on gastric bypass and sleeve at the Regional University Hospital (HRU) of Malaga.MethodsRetrospective observational study, with a follow-up period of 1 year, of 215 patie...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus secondary to exocrine pancreas diseases (pancreatogenic DM) has an unknown incidence and is considered underdiagnosed. Our objective was to evaluate the glycemic control parameters in patients with pancreatogenic DM who started Flash glucose monitoring (FGM).Methods: Prospective, observational study in a Spanish hospital. Patients with pancreatogenic DM who started FGM from January 2021 to August 2022 were recruited. Patie...

Introduction: The most common pituitary adenoma is a prolactinoma.The most relevant clinical manifestations are amenorrhoea galactorrhoea infertility gonadal and sexual dysfunction. Macroprolactinoma are more often in men because they had more difficulty for asking the sintomatology. Initial treatment of macroadenoma wasinitiated with a dopamine agonist with control of PRL concentration and size of tumorClinical case: A 52-year-old manpresented ...

Thyrotoxicosis is an uncommon cause of congestive heart failure with depressed ejection fraction. However, when it presented in patients without classical cardiovascular risk factors and high heart rate, that not response to usual therapy, other conditions should be considered.Case report: A 36-year-old male was admitted to our hospital’s Coronary Critical Care Unit in acute hypertensive pulmonary oedema. He had noted weight loss, palpitations, shor...

Background: Measurement of thyroglobulin (Tg) in the washout fluid of fine-needle aspirates (FNA-Tg) is useful for diagnosis of Cevical lymph node (CLN) metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between FNA-Tg levels and Sonographic findings in CLN in patients with PTC.Methods: Since January 2017 until December 2018, an ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration ...

Objectives: The transition from the paediatric age to the adult is a particularly vulnerable period in patients with metabolic congenital diseases (mcd). In andalusia two adults’ units exist (seville and malaga) for the follow-up of these patients. Our aim in this study was to evaluate the current series of attended patients.Material and methods: We evaluated all patients transferred to the adult units since 2008. The clinical records were analyzed ...

Introduction: Epigenetic is acquiring great importance in complex diseases, providing mechanisms whereby environmental factors can influence complex diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Experimental animal and human studies have revealed the association between SCD1 and obesity and insulin resistance. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether metabolic changes after intervention are associated with DNA methylation pattern and if these changes are related to weigh ...