Uzukwu Emmanuel Uchenna , Amal Bakr Shori , Ahmad Salihin Baba
{"title":"Inclusion of avocado (Persea americana) seeds in the diet to improve carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in rats","authors":"Uzukwu Emmanuel Uchenna , Amal Bakr Shori , Ahmad Salihin Baba","doi":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.07.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.07.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The effects of avocado seeds (A) inclusion (2%, 4% and 8%) in diets on cholesterol and carbohydrate metabolism in normal rats Sprague Dawley (SD) fed on basal diet (BD) or high sucrose diet (HSD) and spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR) fed on BD were studied. The inclusion of avocado seeds in the diet influences the feeding and growth performance in rats. The inclusion of A lowered (<em>p</em> <!--><<!--> <!-->0.05) cholesterol at 2% and 4% doses and glucose at 2% in serum of SD rats fed on BD, whereas only serum cholesterol level was reduced at all the three doses in SHR. Increased liver glycogen (<em>p</em> <!--><<!--> <!-->0.05) was noted in SD rats fed on BD with 8% A. All avocado seeds doses increased (<em>p</em> <!--><<!--> <!-->0.05) liver glycogen storage in SHR fed on BD and SD rats fed on HSD. Avocado seeds can lower blood glucose and cholesterol and enhance liver glycogen storage in rats.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":78598,"journal":{"name":"Revista argentina de endocrinologia y metabolismo","volume":"54 3","pages":"Pages 140-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.raem.2017.07.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48697565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Luis Mansur, Laura Ivankovic, Fabricio Torchiari
{"title":"Incidentalomas paratiroideos: un nuevo diagnóstico, un nuevo problema. Prevalencia en Argentina","authors":"José Luis Mansur, Laura Ivankovic, Fabricio Torchiari","doi":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Parathyroid incidentalomas (PI) were first described as intraoperative findings and then in ultrasound thyroid scan studies. Few studies have been performed to investigate this, so their incidence is unclear. Moreover, the presence of a hypo-echogenic image in parathyroid topography may also be thyroid or lymphatic tissue. A retrospective evaluation was performed on the seven-year clinical records of patients in whom a PI was diagnosed during a thyroid ultrasound scan. PI was diagnosed in 24 patients (4.0%). Twenty one patients had autoimmune hypothyroidism and 3 patients had thyroid nodules. In 10 cases the lesion was unique, and in 14 cases there were two or more lesions. During follow-up, ultrasound was repeated in 13 patients, and all showed findings. Serum calcium and PTH were normal in 23 patients, but in one of them, with an image of a lesion of 6<!--> <!-->mm, PTH was slightly elevated, with normal serum calcium. Later, hypercalcaemia was detected and a parathyroid adenoma was diagnosed. The incidence of PI seems to be increasing, with our rate of 4% of compatible images (without confirming the parathyroid origin of the lesion) is higher than that reported in the few existing publications on the subject. Many patients with PI may not present with biochemical abnormalities, but as our experience shows, these lesions may represent the first stage of primary hyperparathyroidism; therefore careful follow-up is advisable.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":78598,"journal":{"name":"Revista argentina de endocrinologia y metabolismo","volume":"54 3","pages":"Pages 136-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.raem.2017.07.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46442610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fe de errores de “Polimorfismos del receptor D2”","authors":"María Eugenia Céspedes","doi":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.07.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":78598,"journal":{"name":"Revista argentina de endocrinologia y metabolismo","volume":"54 3","pages":"Page 149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.raem.2017.07.008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43500472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isabel Teres , Graciela Astarita , Viviana Mesch , Graciela Mosquera Filoso , María Paula Esteban , Andrea Kozac , Natalia Blanco Hirota , Mirta Gurfinkiel , Ana María Sequera , Patricia Pagano , Mónica Saavedra , María José Iparraguirre , Marta Torres , Patricia Rodríguez , Patricia Otero , Patricia Glikman
{"title":"Métodos de tiroglobulina de primera y segunda generación: su utilidad en pacientes con cáncer diferenciado de tiroides","authors":"Isabel Teres , Graciela Astarita , Viviana Mesch , Graciela Mosquera Filoso , María Paula Esteban , Andrea Kozac , Natalia Blanco Hirota , Mirta Gurfinkiel , Ana María Sequera , Patricia Pagano , Mónica Saavedra , María José Iparraguirre , Marta Torres , Patricia Rodríguez , Patricia Otero , Patricia Glikman","doi":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.05.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is the most common endocrine cancer (tumour) and its incidence has risen in the past decades. Its follow-up includes measuring serum thyroglobulin (Tg), performing neck ultrasound and a diagnostic whole-body scan. Tg assays have evolved with time. At present immunoassays for Tg are classified as 1<!--> <!-->st and 2<!--> <!-->nd generation assays (1<!--> <!-->st G and 2<!--> <!-->nd G). 2<!--> <!-->nd G assays show an adequate (good) precision at levels close to 0.1<!--> <!-->ng/ml and 1<!--> <!-->st G assays at levels close to 1<!--> <!-->ng/ml. The literature shows that for low risk patients on levothyroxine treatment, who undetectable levels by 2<!--> <!-->ªG assays can avoid the stimulation test performed by thyroid hormone withdrawal or after recombinant human TSH, due to better sensitivity. However, due to lower specificity, detectable levels do not confirm the presence of disease (tumour), and should be confirmed. To optimise the clinical usefulness of the test, cut-off values specific for population and method should be used, instead of functional sensitivity or quantification limit. Critical issues for measuring Tg are discussed, such as non-harmonisation of methods, and interferences, mainly by anti-thyroglobulin antibodies (ATg). 1<!--> <!-->st and 2<!--> <!-->nd G assays are less useful in presence of ATg, and follow up of such patients is limited. Consensus between physicians and the laboratory on technical issues and interpretation criteria of Tg values is of outmost importance in the follow-up of DTC patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":78598,"journal":{"name":"Revista argentina de endocrinologia y metabolismo","volume":"54 3","pages":"Pages 101-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.raem.2017.05.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48852744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La tormentosa relación entre las grasas y el desarrollo de la diabetes mellitus de tipo 2: actualizado. Parte 1","authors":"José Esteban Costa Gil , Eduardo Spinedi","doi":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.06.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.raem.2017.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A review is presented on a functional relationship between fat and carbohydrate metabolism and inter-dependence from the traditional concepts of glucose-fatty acids cycle (Randle), and from the insulin resistance portal hypothesis up to the new aspects on brown and beige adipocytes. Emphasis is placed on the normal function of an endocrine pattern, in which its malfunction is the key in the pathophysiology of these conditions: the adipoinsular axis, with a functional link with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, which involves 2<!--> <!-->adipogenic hormones (insulin and glucocorticoid). This has an influence on the development of omental peri-visceral fat, with severe metabolic consequences. A discussion is also presented on the concept of ectopic fat on non-adipose tissues that results in the incapacity of fatty tissue for storing lipids and the considerations about the endocrine activity of adipocyte producing substances that influence several mechanisms that could result in insulin resistance (leptin, adiponectin, TNF-α, resistin, etc.). New aspects are considered regarding the decrease in the oxidative capacity in the mitochondrial respiratory chain, and the re-birth of the concept of <em>de novo</em> lipogenesis that increases the storing of intra-cellular fat. In non-adipose tissues there are small intra-cellular fat quantities for essential functions, but lipid overloading leads to cell dysfunction (lipo-toxicity) and death (lipo-apoptosis). The stormy relationship between fat and Langerhans’ Islets goes beyond the functional effort as consequence of peripheral insulin-resistance and the pancreatic beta cell suffers a direct lipid (or derivatives) functional effect. Without insulin deficiency diabetes does not appear.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":78598,"journal":{"name":"Revista argentina de endocrinologia y metabolismo","volume":"54 3","pages":"Pages 109-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.raem.2017.06.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136901263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Riesgo dinámico en pacientes con cáncer diferenciado de tiroides no ablacionados","authors":"Erika Abelleira, Fernanda Bueno, Anabella Smulever, Fabián Pitoia","doi":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The therapeutic approach and the follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is currently individualised according to the risk of recurrence, with a lower tendency to perform remnant ablation (RA) in patients with low risk of recurrence. While response to therapy assessment has been validated for DTC patients treated by total thyroidectomy (TT) and RA, it has not been widely confirmed in patients treated with TT without RA. The aims of this study were to describe the characteristics of the population of patients treated with TT without RA, and to validate the response to therapy. The study included 88 patients followed-up for at least 12 months after surgery. In the entire cohort, 87.9% were female and the mean age was 47.5 years old. Based on the Argentine Intersociety Consensus, 97.7% and 2.3% were classified as low risk and intermediate risk of recurrence, respectively. Patients had an initial excellent response to treatment in 73% of cases, with a disease-free status at the end of follow-up of 85.5%. A minority of patients (1%) presented with an initial structural incomplete response, which was similar at the end of follow-up (1%). On the other hand, 26% of the patients had an initial indeterminate response, although only 13.5% remained with this response at the end of follow-up. These results validate the responses to treatment in DTC patients treated with TT without RA as an effective tool for the dynamic risk stratification. Patients appropriately selected who did not receive RA have an excellent outcome, with a low frequency of structural incomplete response, even lower than that observed in low risk ablated patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":78598,"journal":{"name":"Revista argentina de endocrinologia y metabolismo","volume":"54 2","pages":"Pages 69-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.raem.2017.04.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41943591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hipofisitis linfoplasmocitaria con expresión de IgG4","authors":"Gabriela Alejandra Sosa","doi":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related lymphoplasmacytic hypophysitis is a recently known entity. It belongs to the IgG4-related diseases (IgG4-RD), in which one or more organs may be involved, with compressive or obstructive symptoms, or dysfunctionality due to cellular infiltration. The pituitary gland can be isolatedly affected. Clinically, lymphoplasmacytic hypophysitis presents with diabetes insipidus, hypopituitarism and/or symptoms of an occupying sellar mass, being the non-secreting sellar adenomas and other types of hypophysitis the main differential diagnosis. In order to reach the diagnosis, the presence of pituitary enlargement or pituitary stalk thickening on an MRI scan, a distinctive histopathology with positive for IgG4 immunostaining in more than 10 plasma cells per high-power field, and elevated serum IgG4 levels, confirms this type of hypophysitis. As this entity has an excellent response to glucocorticoids, the diagnosis suspicion may avoid an unnecessary surgery in most patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":78598,"journal":{"name":"Revista argentina de endocrinologia y metabolismo","volume":"54 2","pages":"Pages 76-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.raem.2017.01.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49439649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metástasis a distancia en cáncer diferenciado de tiroides: diagnóstico y tratamiento","authors":"Angelica Schmidt, Graciela Cross, Fabián Pitoia","doi":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Distant metastases occur in less than 10% of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma. In these patients, overall survival at 10 years is considerably reduced. Whereas cure is the initial goal of treatment, stabilisation of the disease and management of symptoms have become the primary objective in many patients with persistent radio-iodine refractory progressive disease. In the last decade, several targeted therapies have shown encouraging results in patients with advanced disease. The objective of this review is to describe the characteristics, diagnosis, overall survival, and the local and systemic available treatments for patients with distant metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":78598,"journal":{"name":"Revista argentina de endocrinologia y metabolismo","volume":"54 2","pages":"Pages 92-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.raem.2017.05.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46145663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johanna Rosenfarb, M. Cristina Faingold, Gabriela Brenta
{"title":"Enfermedad no tiroidea","authors":"Johanna Rosenfarb, M. Cristina Faingold, Gabriela Brenta","doi":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Non-thyroidal illness is a disorder that occurs frequently in patients that are experiencing some kind of illness, whether critical or not. It can manifest even in the absence of thyroid dysfunction, leading to changes in the thyroid axis. It is important to detect Non-Thyroidal Illness in order to establish a differential diagnosis with the true thyroid disease and to determine whether treatment is required. Currently, there is still no consensus on whether Non-Thyroidal Illness is a physiological response to a systemic disease to reduce energy requirements or whether it is an adaptive condition that induces a hypothyroid state that ultimately is harmful at the tissue level.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":78598,"journal":{"name":"Revista argentina de endocrinologia y metabolismo","volume":"54 2","pages":"Pages 83-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.raem.2017.03.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43653853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Masa selar, no siempre un adenoma: presentación de 3 casos clínicos","authors":"Noelia Barrera Olarte, Romina Esparza, Cecilia Hurtado, Nicole Lemaitre, Mariela Luna, Ronaldo Oliszewski, Mariel Soto, Teresa Torrado","doi":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.raem.2017.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pituitary abscess is due to a severe and uncommon infection in the sella. It is difficult to diagnose due to varied and non-specific symptoms. A report is presented of 3 cases of pituitary abscess, which had the presence of pre-existing injuries in common. All were subjected to surgery, with aseptic abscesses found in 2 patients, and Aspergillus capsulatum was isolated in 1 patient. They showed good progress with medical treatment, but with sequelae of hypopituitarism. It is very important to consider the pituitary abscess in the differential diagnosis of the masses that are located in that region, as a timely diagnosis and proper treatment can be important for the prognosis of these patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":78598,"journal":{"name":"Revista argentina de endocrinologia y metabolismo","volume":"54 2","pages":"Pages 64-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.raem.2017.03.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41302122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}