Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To evaluate the psychosocial aspects and the common dietary habits in a group of patients in follow-up in specific consultation of bariatric surgery prior to the intervention.Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients in follow-up in the specific morbid obesity consultation of the University Hospital Puerta del Mar (Cádiz) not intervened.Results: 110 patients were analyzed, of which 68.2% are women, with an average...

Objectives: To evaluate the psychosocial aspects and the common dietary habits in a group of patients undergoing bariatric surgery.Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients in follow-up in the specific consultation of morbid obesity of the University Hospital Puerta del Mar (Cádiz) intervened, at 6–12 months of follow-up.Results: 88 patients were analyzed, of which 70.5% (N=62) are women, with an average age of ...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Surgical treatment is the first line treatment for these patients, with remission rates of >85% for microadenomas and 40–50% for macroadenomas.Objectives: Our objective was to characterize patients with acromegaly followed in our department and evaluate remission status after surgery. We also aimed to determine remission related factors.Me...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors. Although mostly sporadic, about 1/3 of the cases correspond to inherited autosomal dominant syndromes, often associated with germline mutations of the SDHD, SDHC and SDHB genes. The association with the SDHAF2(SDH5) gene has been recently discovered, with only few cases published worldwide, and it presents as a paraganglioma of the head and neck, without previous known description of other locations...

Introduction: There are known biological differences between men and women in coronary heart disease. It is important to know these differences in order to avoid inequalities in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of this pathology.Methods: We designed a retrospective, descriptive study in which we included all diabetic patients admitted to the hospital with acute coronary syndrome in 2016. Demographic data and degree of control of risk factors were regi...

This is a 38-year-old male, a regular user of a gym with the sole purpose of improving his physical performance and muscular strength and habitual consumer of hyperproteic dietary supplements. Among his PAs he denies toxic habits, and highlights the removal of the right testicle in childhood. Consultation for decreased desire and sexual potency, together with pain and turgor in the left breast; hair loss at the frontal level, in analytic carried out by the Primary Care Physici...

BackgroundAutosomal dominant hypocalcaemia, caused by either inherited or de novo mutations in calcium-sensing receptor gene (CASR), is biochemically characterized by the presence of hypocalcaemia, hypercalciuria and inappropriately low levels of PTH. Receptor-activating mutations induce an increase sensitivity to calcium by parathyroid and renal cells, leading to suppression of PTH synthesis and consequently hypocalcaemia. Clinical manifestations are va...

IntroductionHeterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is one of the most common genetic disorders and it is associated with an at least ten times higher risk of coronary heart disease. Frequently, it is necessary to medicate the patients with PCSK9 inhibitors (PCSK9i) so they can reach LDL-c target values. In Portugal, the only evolocumab is available and the most commonly reported adverse effects are local pruritus and upper airway symptoms.<p clas...

IntroductionThe Carney Complex (CNC) is a rare, autosomal dominant, multiple endocrine neoplasia. It involves multiple endocrine glands, cardiac and skin myxomas, mammary fibroadenomas and mucocutaneous pigmentation. Cushing’s syndrome, due to primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD), is described in 25% of the cases.Case reportWoman, 21-year-old, was refered for secondary amenorrhea. Med...

IntroductionPrevious studies in women with idiopathic infertility have shown that obesity does not independently contribute to the decrease in the success of assisted reproductive technology (ART) techniques. However, few studies evaluated the success rate of ART between obese and non-obese women in infertility associated with PCOS.ObjectiveTo compare the number of oocytes, mature oocytes, number of embryos a...