Endocrine Abstracts

In the last 50 years survival after childhood cancer has dramatically improved. However, childhood cancer survivors (CCS) are at risk for a considerable array of late effects arising from previous anti-cancer therapies. The excess mortality (compared with the general population) in CCS is mostly due to second neoplasms and cardiovascular diseases. Indeed, the cardiovascular system has been recognized as a highly sensitive target for damage by anti-cancer therapies. Early in th...

Background and aims: Neuroactive steroids and their metabolites play an important regulatory role in the nervous system affecting the neuronal plasticity, stress response, learning, and memory. The aim of the study was to compare the steroid metabolome in AD patients and controls.Materials and methods: The study comprised of 48 AD patients (30 women and 18 men; age 73.8±9.54 years) and 33 matched controls (22 women and 11 men; age 68.2±5.94 yea...

A 41-year-old woman was admitted with headache and hypertension. She described worsening of headaches in the last 2 months. On physical examination blood pressure was 150/90 mmHg, and grade 1 hypertensive retinopathy was present. Her sister died at the age of 24 due to pancreas neuroendocrine tumour and her mother was followed up with multiple pancreatic cysts. Abdomen MRI revealed a 6 cm phaeochromocytoma lesion on the right surrenal and multiple cysts in the pancreas, kidney...

Background: Peripheral clocks are set by different nervous, hormonal and metabolic stimuli and regulate the circadian expression of several genes. It has been demonstrated that circadian oscillation of gene expression can be detected in various cell lines in vitro.Aim: To explore whether a peripheral clock could be induced in human adrenocortical cell line H295R and what are the effects of glucocorticoids on this clock system.<p class="abste...

Background and aims: Diabetic neuropathy is associated with impaired neuron myelination, nerve conduction, and muscle function. The pathogenic mechanisms of reduced myelination in diabetes mellitus are poorly understood. Peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) is glycoprotein with proposed roles in peripheral nerve myelin formation. This study allows us to consider the changes in the plasma levels of PMP22 in patients with and without diabetic neuropathy.Ma...

Introduction: PATRO adults is an ongoing, international, open, longitudinal, non-interventional study of the long-term safety and efficacy of recombinant human GH (rhGH; Omnitrope, Sandoz). The study will provide further data on the long-term safety of rhGH in adult patients with severe GH deficiency (GHD). Here, we present safety data from an interim analysis.Methods: Adults who are receiving treatment with Omnitrope and who have provided informed conse...

Introduction: Ogilvie’s syndrome (acute colonic pseudo-obstruction) is a syndrome in which the clinical features resemble those of mechanical obstruction with massive colonic dilatation, in the absence of any demonstrable evidence of such an obstruction in the intestine. The exact pathophysiology of intestinal pseudo-obstruction remains to be elucidated. Current theories continue to suggest the idea of an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system. The initial therapy rema...

Introduction: Even though pituitary apoplexy usually occurs in the context of a pituitary adenoma, it can also occur over other tumours, which is less common in adulthood and has faster growth and aggressiveness. It can also produce clinical, analytical and even radiological indications that are indistinguishable from a pituitary adenoma with ischemic and/or haemorrhagic events.Case report: A 43-year-old female, with no medical history of interest except...

Introduction: We describe a case of a 32 year old woman with bilateral carotid body tumours as initial finding of a paraganglioma syndrome type 1.Case: A 32-year old previously healthy mother was referred because of bilateral neck swelling, presumably lymphadenopathy, associated with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections during the past year. Cervical ultrasound raised the suspicion for bilateral carotid body tumours which were confirmed by MR-ima...

Diabetes mellitus is life threatening endocrine disorder with high morbidity and mortality, which is featured by persistent high blood glucose levels due to defect in the insulin secretion, insulin action or both. Extreme high blood glucose levels associated with diabetes leads to various organ dysfunction particularly nervous system, eye, cardiovascular system, and kidney. Kaempferol is a dietary bioflavonoid that is common in plant-derived foods and used in traditional medic...