Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is considered to be the risk factor for the development of sarcopenia. Various previous studies showed the correlation between DPN and muscle disorders, but the study regarding the association between sarcopenia and nerve conduction parameters in diabetic peripheral neuropathy is limited.Aim: This study was planned to detect the association between sarcopenia with peripheral nerve functions in type 2 diabe...

Long acting somatostatin analogues (SSA) such as Sandostatin LAR and Lanreotide Autogel are the most commonly used drugs in the management of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) due to their ability to control symptoms and prolong survival. SSAs use is associated with changes in glucose metabolism. However, there is lack of data for such effects in patients with NETs. We evaluated the effects of SSA on BMI and HbA1c in our cohort of patients with NETs.Methods:...

Background: Thyroid incidentalomas are reported with increasing incidence in the last decades. The rate of malignancy in these nodules may reach 9% or higher, depending on the patients selection.Material and methods: A retrospective study was done on 429 patients with nodular goiter (issued from an iodine-replete area), admitted in the Clinic of Endocrinology, Timisoara, Romania, from January 2011 to December 2013.Results: The prev...

Introduction: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare thyroid malignancy originating from parafollicular C-cells. It accounts for 5% of all thyroid carcinomas.Methods: A retrospective registry-based analysis of demography, clinical manifestation, genetics, management, and outcome of pathologically proven MTC cases presented in a tertiary care hospital in India was done.Results: Among 71 evaluated cases, the mean age of presenta...