Endocrine Abstracts

The occurrence of thyroid diseases is determined by interplay between genetic and environmental factors. The major environmental factor that determines goiter prevalence is iodine status.Thyroid nodules are present in up to 30% of the Georgian population. The causative role of iodine deficiency which is still endemic in this country has long been established.Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the thyroid gland is the cost-effe...

Abstract: A 41-year-old woman admitted Ginekological Clinic to surgical intervention due to ovarial enlargement. It was suspected diagnoses of Acromegalia according to the clinical manifestations: amenorrhea, headache, dizziness, enlarged phalangeal digits. nose. The patient underwent laboratory and instrumental investigations. MRI showed the pituitary adenoma (1.4×1.0×1.0 cm), GH, Prolactin and TSH were sharply increased, Ultrasound revealed remarkably enlarged ovar...

Introduction: Obesity is a global public health problem and is associated with metabolic syndrome and dyslipidemia as well as very often with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).Aim & methods: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the preventive and curable role of vitamin E and pioglitazone (thiazolidinedione-type) in NASH patients with or without metabolic syndrome. 51 patients with NASH were divided into two groups: 26 patients with insuli...

Introduction: In this report, we describe a rare coexistence of a multifocal papillary thyroid (micro)carcinoma and aldosterone-producing adenoma.Case presentation: A 60-year-old man attended our clinic with a mass in the right adrenal gland was identified during the work-up in 2007. The patient presented complaints on anxiety, tachycardia, and arterial hypertension. He had several episodes of severe hypertension (220/120 mmHg) while sleeping. In 2014, a...

BackgroundIn Georgia, significantly huge number of patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 (DMT2) suffer from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and obesity. Since, dyslipidemia is one of major factors, leading to cardiovascular (CV) mortality, it is crucial to investigate the effects of relatively novel hypoglycemic agents- Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors (Dapagliflozin) or Glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists (Liraglutide) on lipid prof...

The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has increased sharply in the developing countries and because Type 2 diabetic patients are at increased risk for CVD.Objective: To determine the prevalence of patients with past hystory of a myocardial infarction or cerebral strok in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in Georgia.Design: Cross-sectional study.Patients: Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patien...