Maria Maniati-Christidis1, Fotini Psychou2, Claire Nihoul-Fekete3 1,2First Pediatric Department, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece, 3Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France Abstract A female infant with persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia is described. Persistent euglycemia could not be achieved by diazoxide, somatostatin and frequent, low protein feeds. Preoperative localization of focal insulin hypersecretion by percutaneous pancreatic venous sampling Read More
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Insulin resistance in pheochromocytoma improves more by surgical rather than by medical treatment
Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis1, Evangelia Zapanti1, Maria-Helen Peridis2, Panayiotis Ntavos1, George Mastorakos2 1First Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Unit, Laikon General Hospital, Athens University, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece and 2Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Endocrine Unit, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens University, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece Abstract Pheochromocytoma, a neuroendocrine tumor, is often associated Read More
The role of Hemochromatosis C282Y and H63D mutations in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Greece
Ioannis G Habeos, Agathoklis Psyrogiannis, Venetsana Kyriazopoulou, A Psilopanagiotou, Athanasios G Papavassiliou, Apostolos G Vagenakis Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece Abstract Several authors have suggested a positive association between diabetes type 2 (DM2) and the C282Y and H63D mutations of the hereditary hemochromatosis gene but Read More
Self-reported prevalence of obesity among 20,329 adults from large territories of Greece, Serbia and Turkey
Gerasimos E Krassas1, Fahrettin Kelestimur2, Dragan Micic3,Themistoklis Tzotzas1, Theodoros Konstandinidis4, MariaBougoulia1, Christos Tsametis1, Ramiz Colak2, Jagoda Jorga3, Zivka Kostic3, Mirjana Pavlovic3. The Balkan Group for the Study of Obesity 1Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, "Panagia" General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, 3Institut of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Belgrade, Serbia, 4Laboratory of Hygiene, Medical Read More
Body composition in asymptomatic HIV-infected men: cross-sectional and prospective assessment
Marios C Lazanas1, Irene V Lambrinoudaki2, Gerasimos A Douskas2, Georgios A Tsekes2, 1Maria N Chini1, Evangelos K Georgiou2 1Second Department of Internal Medicine – AIDS Unit, Tzanion Hospital, Piraeus, Greece, 2Department of Medical Physics, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece Abstract Data on body composition changes in HIV infected patients is sparse and controversial. The Read More
Doping: a challenge to the endocrinologist. A reappraisal in view of the Olympic Games of 2004
Leonidas H Duntas1, Constantinos Parisis2 1Endocrine Unit, Evgenidion Hospital, Athens' University Medical School, Athens, Greece, 2Chief of Medical Committee (COM) ATHOC 2004 Abstract The aim of this review is to provide an update on drug abuse by athletes, their mode of action and the technical difficulties of detection. The most common doping agents are the Read More
Prediction and prevention of type 2 diabetes
Konstantinos Makrilakis, Nikolaos Katsilambros First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine of Athens University Medical School and the Diabetologic Center Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece Abstract Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the most costly and burdensome chronic diseases of our time and a condition that is increasing in epidemic proportions worldwide. Its complications are a Read More
Recent developments in transsphenoidal surgery of pituitary tumors
Panagiotis Nomikos1, Rudolf Fahlbusch2, Michael Buchfelder1 1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany and 2Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany INTRODUCTION Despite recent and ongoing advances in the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of pituitary tumors, surgery remains the therapy of choice for the vast majority of these lesions. Both transsphenoidal and transcranial Read More
Adrenal Incidentaloma (Adrenaloma)
Dimitrios A. Linos First Surgical Clinic Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA Abstract The management of adrenalomas should include the following:1. A detailed history and physical examination to detect subtle evidence of hormonal hypersecretion or the possibility of metastatic carcinoma.2. Hormonal studies: • Short dexamethasone suppression test (2 mg of Read More
Adrenal Incidentalomas or Adrenalomas: The NIH state-of-the-science conference statement
In this issue of Hormones, Dr. Dimitrios Linos has written a comprehensive review on adrenal incidentalomas, for which he proposes the more economical term "adrenalomas"1,2. The management of these incidentally discovered, common masses has many controversies stemming from the fact that a minute proportion of them can be malignant2. There are two known common conditions Read More