Endocrine Abstracts

A forty-three year old woman (SR) presented to her GP in 2004 with persistent back pain. Following MRI, an incidental right adrenal mass was discovered. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed in the private sector and histology was consistent with a phaeochromocytoma. No further biochemical investigations were performed at that stage. Six years later, her fourteen year old daughter presented with a solitary neck lump. Fine needle aspiration was inconclusive and subsequent le...

Best of all, the primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) should already be disclosed in the asymptomatic stage. The authors of this contribution are participating in a longitudinal study, which is focused on several aspects of asymptomatic PHPT. The study has been in progress in the Czech Republic at the two tertiary endocrinology centers. Previously we had attempted to verify the assumption that the presence of a chronic disease results in more frequent contact of the patient with...

Background: Newborn screening is the only systematic work-up of thyroid disorders in Slovakia with unambigously proven positivities. There is wide discussion regarding the screening of thyreopathies in specific risk groups such as pregnant women.Aims: To study the gynaecologist and endocrinologist co-operation in screening pregnant patients from region of Liptov and Orava for autoimmune thyroiditis.Subjects and methods: The partici...

IntroductionA pheochromocytoma is a tumor arising from adrenomedullary chromaffin cells that commonly produces one or more catecholamines. About 80 to 85% of chromaffin-cell tumors are pheochromocytomas. It is recommended that initial biochemical testing should include measurements of plasma free metanephrines or urinary fractionated metanephrines. 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy is a functional imaging modality, in patients w...

Backgroud: Distant metastases from papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) are infrequent and associated with poor prognosis. Adrenal metastatic lesions in this setting are rare, generally associated with lung and skeletal metastases. There have been few reported cases of isolated adrenal metastases from thyroid carcinoma. Here we report a patient with a PTC who developed a large and solitary adrenal metastasis.Case Presentation: A 68-year-old men was submitted i...

Objective: Some patients with Graves’ disease (GD) respond faster to antithyroid drugs (ATD) than others. Our aim was to study if levels of autoantibodies to the TSH-receptor (TRAb), thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI), thyroid peroxidase antibodies (anti-TPO) and/or clinical factors influence the early response to anti thyroid drugs (ATD) in women with GD.Methods: This was a longitudinal cohort study of 65 women with GD and fT4 ≥50 pmol/...

Introduction: Maternal obesity is associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes, large for gestational age (LGA) newborns, preterm delivery, congenital malformations, and fetal death. On the other hand, bariatric surgery before pregnancy is associated with a reduction of obesity-associated complications, but also with an increased risk of small for gestational age (SGA) newborns, fetal growth restriction and micronutrient deficiencies during pregnancy.<p class=...

Background: Post-adrenalectomy persistent hyperkalemia, that lasts >3 months and needs to be treated, is a potentially serious, but not apprehensively investigated complication after surgical treatment in patients with aldosterone-producing adenomas (APA).Case report: A 53-year-old male presented type 2 diabetes mellitus and a 10-year history of resistant hypertension requiring multidrug treatment with antihypertensives of eight different classes. Pr...

In neonates, cardiomyocytes exit the cell cycle thus establishing cardiomyocyte number for life. Further growth is through hypertrophy. Factors that advance the timing of the switch from hyperplastic to hypertrophic growth may increase risk of cardiac disease in adulthood. Early life administration of glucocorticoids is known to increase risk of cardiovascular disease. We hypothesized that dexamethasone, a synthetic glucocorticoid, causes precocious cell cycle exit of neonatal...

A 29 year old gentleman presented to Urology with scrotal pain. He had renal calculi but examination also revealed small testicles for which he was referred to Endocrinology. He achieved normal developmental milestones. He had no history of mumps or testicular torsion or surgery. He had no history of hypospadias or undescended testicles. He was not on any regular medication and denied anabolic steroids use. He reported a normal sense of smell. His body weight was 72 Kg with he...