Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: Our study was intended to describe the typical radiologic features of parathyroid adenoma and correlation study with 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT findings.Materials and Methods: A review of a surgical database and electronic medical records from 2012 to 2018 identified the cases of 17 patients who underwent preoperative cervical sonography for primary hyperparathyroidism with subsequent resection of pathologically proven parathyroid adenoma....

Background: Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is a genetic disorder characterized by resistance or an inappropriate response in specific G protein receptors. The pathophysiology of PHP type 1-a involves an autosomal dominant mutation of the GNAS complex locus. A classic triad of abnormality includes hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations. Additionally, other hormonal imbalances can occur in PHP and higher calcitonin levels have been...

Objectives: We aim to describe the epidemiological, clinical and histopathological features of thyroid gland lipomas and lipomathosis.Materials and methods: In this study, we report 7 cases of thyrolipoma a and thyrolipomatosis managed in our department during a 9-year-old period.Results: Our study involved 4 males and 3 females. Their median age was 58 years old [58-62]. One of them had a medical history of Graves disease all pati...

Background: With lacking consistent direction of the association of thyroid dysfunction with periodontitis and limitations of previous studies, we aim to look for the probable association between periodontitis and thyroid disorders based on cross sectional and longitudinal results in population-based data of study of health in Pomerania (SHIP).Methods: The net sample of first SHIP cohort; SHIP-0 (1997-2001), comprised of 4308 individuals aged 20-79 years...

Introduction: During thyroidectomy, topical hemostatic agents (THA) (i.e. oxidized regenerated cellulose) are commonly used. The aims of this study are i) to evaluate the resolution duration of these materials sold under different brand names in the surgical bed. ii) to prospectively describe their ultrasonographic characteristics.Methods: A total of 67 patients who underwent thyroidectomy for various reasons and had THA used during surgery were included...

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as the presence of awake alveolar hypoventilation characterized by daytime hypercapnia arterial PaCO2 greater than 45 mm Hg that is a consequence of diminished ventilatory drive and capacity related to obesityin the absence of an alternate hypoventilation. Patients with advanced disease develop signsof right ventricular failure (cor pulmonale) and may have elevated jugular venous pressure with a prominent V wave, ede...