Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To analyse the semen quality in patients with newly diagnosed Hodgkin’s disease before starting the treatment.Materials and methods: We evaluated semen quality in 67 patients with Hodgkin’s disease who underwent sperm banking in our clinic over a 10-year period. Semen samples were collected by masturbation after 2–7 days of sexual abstinence. Age at banking, semen volume, sperm concentration, and total and progressive sperm moti...

We present a case of 32-year old male patient who was admitted to hospital because of newly discovered hypertension with symptoms of 4P (pain, pallor, perspiration and palpitation). During hospitalization the patient presented with polyuria, polydipsia, hyperglycemia and psychotic disorders. The suspicion of secondary hypertension was made.Catecholamine examination test was done and revealed very high levels of adrenalin (five times more than normal), no...