Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0029p851 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ICEECE2012

Can proteomic approach help us in diagnosis of Riedel’s thyroiditis? A case report

Donatini G. , Iacconi P. , Giusti L. , Da Valle Y. , Ciregia F. , Giannaccini G. , Torregrossa L. , Proietti A. , Mazzeo S. , Basolo F. , Lucacchini A.

Background: Riedel’s thyroiditis (RT) is a rare thyroid disease. Clinical and citological differential diagnosis with thyroid malignancy is difficult pre-operatively and often only pathological report may confirm the diagnosis.Methods: We report a case of a 72-year-old Italian woman with a known history of goiter, which showed a rapid increase in size at ultrasound check, suggesting malignancy. Based on non-diagnostic cytology (Thy 1), a total thyro...

ea0011p343 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | ECE2006

Obesity and expression of serotonin transporter (SERT) in human platelets

Marsili A , Santini F , Pelosini C , Betti L , Fabbrini L , Galli G , Ricco I , Baroni S , Italiani P , Fierabracci P , Giannaccini G , Pinchera A

Serotonergic transmission is involved in eating behaviour and body weight control. Comparison of SERT properties in blood platelets and serotonergic synaptosomes suggests that the human platelet can serve as an appropriate model for the transport, metabolism and release of serotonin by serotonergic neurons.Aim of this study was to evaluate SERT expression in platelets obtained from overweight or obese subjects (OB) as compared with normal weight healthy volunteers (C), and to ...