Endokrynologia Polska 2011, tom 62, nr 2

Elevated levels of serum glucose have deleterious effects on the walls of blood vessels, leading to microangiopathy. Such a destructive  process involves also pulmonary circulation, where it is referred to as diabetic pulmonary microangiopathy. This hypothesis has been  confirmed in histopathologic examinations of pulmonary parenchyma, as well as in pulmonary function tests. However, so far there have  been no clinical implications of these findings...

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (also called Wernicke’s encephalopathy) is a potentially fatal, neuropsychiatric syndrome caused most  frequently by thiamine deficiency. The three classic symptoms found together are confusion, ataxia and eyeball manifestations. Memory  disturbances can also be symptoms...

Cushing’s syndrome (also known as hypercortisolemia) is rare in pregnant women due to the menstrual disturbances and infertility in  women with hypercortisolism. A diagnosis of pathological hypercortisolism in pregnant women is often difficult as some symptoms of the  disease may be associated with a complicated pregnancy. Hypercortisolemia leads to serious complications for mother and foetus, and is  associated with premature labour and high foetal mortality...

We present the case of a female patient with virilising adrenocortical carcinoma treated surgically who conceived during adjuvant treatment  with mitotane. We discuss the frequently erroneous routine treatment with oral hormonal contraception without thorough differential  diagnosis in female patients with oligo-/amenorrhea and subsequent delay in the proper diagnosis of adrenocortical carcinoma...

Gynecomastia is a benign, abnormal, growth of the male breast gland which can occur unilaterally or bilaterally, resulting from a proliferation  of glandular, fibrous and adipose tissue. Gynecomastia is characterised by the presence of soft, 2–4 cm in diameter, usually discusshaped  enlargement of tissues under the nipple. It is estimated that this pathology occurs in 32–65% of men over the age of 17...

In June 2010, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, in co-operation with the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition at the Department  of Endocrinology, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, organized in Krakow the 1st Conference of the WHO European Collaborating  Centres for Nutrition...

Szanowni Państwo,Zapraszamy serdecznie na 10. Podyplomowy Kurs Endokrynologii Klinicznej, organizowany przez Europejskie TowarzystwoEndokrynologiczne oraz Polskie Towarzystwo Endokrynologiczne przy współudziale Polskiego Towarzystwa Tyreologicznego,który w tym roku odbędzie się w Polsce, w Polańczyku nad Soliną, w dniach 26–28.05.2011 roku....