Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Iodine is critical for thyroid morphology and function. On the one hand, iodine is a factor leading and permitting to origin of disturbances of thyroid follicular cells function, on the other hand, it’s therapeutic agent.Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate iodine metabolism in different forms of hyperthyroidism and to analyze relationship between metabolism and thyroid size and function.Material and methods...

The silent myocardial ischemia is a serious diagnostic problem especially in patients with long-standing diabetes of type 1 (DM). Resting as well as exercise myocardial perfusion scintigraphy tests allow to recognize the silent myocardial ischemia in these groups of patients and to start the relevant treatment. The aim of the study was to establish the prevalence of myocardial ischemia in patients with type 1 DM, without clinical symptoms of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and wi...

Introduction: Radioiodine (RAI) has been used for the treatment of Graves’ hyperthyroidism since 1940s. It is relatively safe and considered as one of the definitive therapies. Achievement of hypothyroidism or euthyroidism is defined as a successful therapy.Methods: The study was conducted in 366 patients (80.60% of women) with Graves’ disease (GD), aged 46.76±13.52 years. We analyzed retrospectively hormonal and imaging findings (scintigr...

Introduction: Radioiodine (RAI) is used as a definitive therapy of hyperthyroidism due to toxic adenoma (TA) as well as toxic multinodular goiter (TMG). Achievement of hypothyroidism or euthyroidism is defined as a successful therapy.Methods: The study was conducted in 666 patients – 484 with TA and 182 with TMG (85.58% of women), aged 56.19±13.88 years. We analyzed retrospectively hormonal and imaging findings (scintigraphy, ultrasonography), ...

We report a case of local recurrence and multiple lymph node and pulmonary metastases of renal carcinoid 1 year after nephrectomy in a 61-year-old woman. Primary renal carcinoid tumor arising from renal parenchyma or renal pelvis is a rare neoplasm. The patient was incidentally found to have a mass lesion in the left kidney and left nephrectomy was performed. Histological examination including immunohistochemical for chromogranin A and synaptophysin studies confirmed the diagn...

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the patients’ age and goitre size in relation to the form of hyperthyroidism, as well as the relationship between patients’ age and goitre size and function.Material and methods: The subject group included 484 patients (420 females and 64 males) with hyperthyroidism. Graves’ disease (GD) was diagnosed in 171 subjects and toxic nodular goitre (TNG) was found in 313 subjects. FT3, fT4...

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between TSHAb levels and thyroid function and size in patients with Graves’ disease and then to estimate the influence of TSHAb on the outcome of 131I therapy.Material and methods: Two hundred and one patients (168 females and 33 males, mean age 47.76 years, range 18–84) with Graves’ disease were enrolled. Before therapy, plasma fT3, fT4, TSH (DELFI...