Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Chromogranin A (CgA) belongs to the family of granins, proteins which are an integral part of the secretory granules of neuroendocrine cells in endocrine glands and the diffuse neuroendocrine system. While it has become standard clinical practice to measure serum CgA in neuroendocrine tumors, various other non-endocrine conditions may increase this marker’s concentration and lead to diagnostic problems.Case report: We present the case of...

Aim: Procollagen type III N-terminal peptide (P3NP) occurs during type III collagen synthesis. Previous studies about the GH misuse in athletes proved the P3NP as a growth hormone (GH) responsive biomarker. We evaluate the P3NP levels and correlate with IGF1 depending on GH status.Subjects and Methods: We determined P3NP levels in 81 prepubertal children (35 girls) with a mean age of 6.2 y.o [3.37–9.95]. The group consists of 37 subjects with normal...

Introduction: Sheehan’s syndrome (SS) is a rare complication of postpartum hemorrhage resulting in varying degrees of pituitary insufficiency. The diagnosis of SS has often been overlooked and thus delayed for many years due to its nonspecific signs and symptoms. Lymphocytic hypophysitis (LL) is also an uncommon autoimmune disorder that has to be suspected in women with recent delivery presenting with changes of one or more pituitary hormone secretions, especially when as...

Introduction: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an inherited recessive disorder of adrenal steroidogenesis, generally caused by total or partial deficiency in 21-hydroxylase, due to deletions or mutations of CYP21 gene. Some studies suggest that the association between CAH and multiple sclerosis (MS) could be nonincidental: a possible MS susceptibility locus is on chromosome 6p21, on which the CYP21 gene is located.We report the c...

Introduction: Thyroid disorders are common within the elderly population and are particularly challenging to diagnose and treat due to the presence of a wide variety of comorbidities. Graves’ ophtalmopathy remains a therapeutic predicament despite all progress made in understanding its pathogenesis, especially in the elderly population with severe presentation.Case presentation: We present the case of a 71-years-old female patient who was admitted i...

Introduction: Morbidly obese patients raise many problems in therapeutic attitude, sometimes associating a cluster of obesity-related abnormalities: hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, metabolic syndrome, respiratory insufficiency, and high risk for cardiovascular disease. These afflictions can be reversed through weight loss, especially in young patients.Case presentation: We present the case of a 41 year old male patient, smoker, with morbid obesity (BMI =6...

Introduction: In hyperthyroid patients mortality is increased by 20%, the major causes of death being cardiovascular disorders. Recent data suggest that subclinical or treated thyroid disease is associated with increased long-term vascular risk despite restoration of euthyroidism.Methods: We measured high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP) in 116 newly diagnosed Graves’ disease (GD) patients, without prior antithyroid treatment. Levels of hs-CR...

Evaluation of the thyroid function in pregnant women is of extreme importance for maternal and neonatal health. The reference interval of thyroid function tests in pregnant women differs from that of the general population and among trimesters in the same patient. Trimester-specific thyrotropin (TSH) reference ranges for pregnant women are recommended in order to avoid misclassification of the thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy.Less data about the free...

Background: Malignancy and hyperthyroidism used to be considered mutually exclusive, but increased association was observed. These two conditions incidence is variable, ranging between 0 and 9%, Graves’ disease is especially linked to differentiated thyroid carcinoma type.Case presentation: We report the case of a 33 year old, female, smoker, diagnosed with Basedow–Graves disease in may 2015, on methimazole 20 mg/day. She was admitted to our de...

Introduction: Decreased bone mass is associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), due to multiple factors, including endocrine disturbances, deficits in calcium and vitamin D, malnutrition, drugs (corticosteroids), chronic inflammation. If in older man and postmenopausal women, the treatment is well established, for young patients is not a general consensus.Case report: We report the case of a 20-year-old, male, nonsmoker, diagnosed with Crohn disea...