Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To identify usefulness of adrenal vein sampling (AVS) in clinical management of primary hyperaldosteronism (PHA).Method: Biochemical and radiological review (by two independent radiologists) of 48 AVS in 45 patients with PHA who underwent CT adrenals/AVS.Results: CT adrenal findings were: 31/45 (68.9%) unilateral nodule (one had two nodules unilaterally), 5/45 (11.1%) bilateral nodules, 7/45 no nodules, 1/45 bilateral bulky ad...

Objective: This study was performed to determine the impact on quality of life and sleep impairment of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN).Research design and method: The study pool consisted of 200 randomly selected peoples with type 2 diabetic peripheral neuropathy. PDPN was diagnosed using visual analogue scales (VAS) and medical history. The patients were asked to answer the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF), Medical Outcomes Study S...

Background: The severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) population compared with that in normal glucose tolerance (NGT) individuals has not yet been assessed by a quantitative method. We investigated the prevalence and the severity of NAFLD in a T2DM population using controlled attenuation parameter (CAP).Methods: Subjects who underwent testing for biomarkers related to T2DMand CAP using Fibroscan during a...

Introduction: Nonfasting duration is much longer than fasting time in a day. Although there is a few reports on the importance of postprandial triacylglycerol (TG) on cardiovascular outcome, TG variation after meal is one of main obstacle of clinical trial. The purpose of this study is to determine effects of a 6-week period of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on fasting and postprandial TG and metabolic parameters in response to standard test meals.Me...

Prolactinoma predominantly occurred in young women of reproductive age. But there are limited data about the effect of pregnancy and lactation on prolactinoma progression. We evaluated the safety of dopamine agonists including bromocriptine and cabergoline and pregnancy outcome in prolactinoma patients. Patients diagnosed with prolactinoma who experienced pregnancies were included. Sellar MRI and serum prolactin levels were performed before and after pregnancy and lactation. T...

Introduction: Occurrence of follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is limited almost within thyroid gland, but distant metastasis is discovered uncommonly as first presentation. We experienced a rare case about recurrent bone metastasis of FTC with unknown primary site.Case report: A 58-year-old woman complained about back pain for 3 years. A 5 cm sized mass in right 8th posterior rib was discovered and performed resection. The result of pathology was bone m...

Thyroid cancer is the most prevalent cancer among endocrine malignancies. In clinically, surgical resection combined with radioactive iodine therapy has been proved effective in treating differentiated thyroid cancer, including papillary and follicular thyroid cancers (FTC). However, patients with incurable differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), poorly differentiated thyroid cancer (PDTC) and anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) exhibit worse prognosis. Therefore, a novel and effecti...

The pathophysiology differs significantly between primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism. Whole exome sequence analysis of parathyroid adenomas showed few somatic variants. The underling mechanisms of the occurrence of sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism remain largely unknown. In this study, we analysed the differences in gene expression between primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism to explore potential functional alterations. Total RNA was extracted from tissues obta...

Introduction: We report a patient who presented with presumed intestinal obstruction, and was subsequently diagnosed with an adrenal phaeochromocytoma associated with venous thromboembolism. We review the literature and discuss underlying mechanisms for these uncommon manifestations.Case presentation: A 56-year-old man with background untreated hypertension presented with abdominal distension, vomiting, breathlessness and haemoptysis. Heart rate (HR) was...

Runx2 and Osterix(Osx) have been known as the master transcription factors for bone formation. However, genes that act downstream of both Runx2 and Osx have not been fully studied. To investigate downstream target genes of Runx2 and Osx, DNA microarray was conducted in calvaria of WT, Runx2ΔC/+, Osx+/−, and Runx2ΔC/+; Osx+/− double heterozygous mice designated WT, Runx2het, Osxhet, and Doub...