Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Dumping syndrome is a phenomenon produced by the alteration of the pyloric sphincter. It occurs in 20% of pyloroplasty or distal gastrectomies. The syndrome is attributed to the rapid emptying of the chyme in the intestine. The osmotic gradient attracts fluid to the intestine, and this releases vasoactive hormones, such as serotonin or vasoactive intestinal polypeptide.Case report: We present a 82-year-old woman with gastric intervention in...

The 46 XX male syndrome (de la Chapelle syndrome or 46,XX testicular disorder of sex development -46,XX testicular DSD-) is a rare phenotype associated with disorder of the sex chromosomes. XX males exist in different clinical categories with ambiguous genitalia or partially to fully mature male genitalia, in combination with complete or incomplete masculinization.Clinical report: We describe the clinical, molecular, and cytogenetic findings of a 26-year...

Objective: Our objective in this study was to identify the type of clinical care received by young type 1 diabetic patients who have made the transition from paediatric to adult care, and to assess the metabolic status of the patients. The research aimed to develop a sustainable and coordinated approach to facilitating the transition between diabetes services for adolescents and reveal from the perspective of the adolescents living with type 1 diabetes their experiences surrou...

Objective: We retrospectively analyzed patients with type 1 diabetes onset, attended during the years 2005 and 2006 on the specific query of type 1 DM debut of a tertiary hospital, with initial treatment assessment, at 1 and 5 years evolution.Results: Patients were treated for newly diagnosed DM 1, 25 patients (72% male, 28% female) mean age 23.2 years (14–36), mean BMI: 23.18 (18–33.8%).The clinical presentation included: 88.24% presented with...

Introduction and objectives: Multiple surgeries are associated with many complications in the local recurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Our objective is to evaluate the efficiency of the enolization in the recurrent metastatic cervical lymph nodes in patients with limited nodal disease.Material and methods: We studied 13 patients (six males and seven females) with a mean age of 43±14.4 years with papillary thyroid carcinoma intervened (total ...

Case of 33 years old male patient with an unremarkable past medical history, who after a car accident, a cystic nodular right neck mass was incidentally found by MRI of cervical spine. Physical examination revealed a mildly tender right neck mass. He was clinically and biochemically euthyroid. Denied history of neck irradiation. No family history of thyroid disease or thyroid cancer. Excisional biopsy of right neck mass showed metastasic well differentiated papillary carcinoma...

RANK and RANKL are essential for mammary gland development in mice. We demonstrated that RANK signalling promotes proliferation and impairs mammary epithelial differentiation in mice. RANK and RANKL expression is detected in breast cancer cells. MMTV-RANK acini show hallmarks of transformation in a RANKL dependent manner. After multiple pregnancies MMTV-RANK females spontaneously develop adenocarcinomas, and after DMBA (dimethylbenz(a)anthracene) and MPA (medroxiprogesterone) ...

Introduction and objective: The aim of this study has been to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D and iPTH levels and the status of carbohydrate metabolism in a representative sample of the Spanish population.Material and methods: The study was conducted in two population of northern and southern Spain, evaluated in the same period of time and with a similar methodology: Pizarra Study (Málaga) and Asturias Study. Subjects in both groups unde...

The high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), mediator of atherosclerotic disease, is known to be a sensitive predictor of coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Aims: To evaluate the relationship of hs-CRP levels to metabolic syndrome (MS) and albuminuria in T2DM.Methods: Four hundred and eighty-eight T2DM subjects were recruited. Patients with hs-CRP ≥10 mg/l, creatinine ≥1.4 mg/dl, chronic infl...

Introduction: Mechanism underlying glucose-mediated development and progression of diabetic complication are incompletely understood. Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a hormone released by atrial myocytes in response to acute and chronic extracellular volume expansion. Moderate hyperglycaemia (>400 mg/dl) in diabetic rats is associated with an elevation in circulating ANP levels and in GFR (glomerular filtration rate), (1) and play a role in the development of microalbu...