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Multidisciplinary team care in pituitary tumours
Marques, Pedro; Sagarribay, Amets; Tortosa, Francisco; Neto, Lia; Ferreira, Joana Tavares; Subtil, João; Palha, Ana; Dias, Daniela; Sapinho, InêsThe optimal care for patients with pituitary tumours is best provided in a multidisciplinary and collaborative environment, which requires the contribution of multiple medical specialties working together. The benefits and advantages of the pituitary multidisciplinary team (MDT) are broad, and all relevant international consensus and guidelines in the field recommend that patients with pituitary tumours should ...
Pseudoacromegaly - a challenging entity in the endocrine clinic: a systematic r...
Marques, Pedro; Sapinho, Inês; Korbonits, MártaObjective: Pseudoacromegaly encompasses conditions with features of acromegaly/ gigantism, but no growth hormone (GH) or insulin‐like growth factor‐1 (IGF‐1) excess. We aimed to review published pseudoacromegaly cases evaluated due to clinical suspicion of acromegaly. Design/Patients: PubMed/Medline search was conducted to identify reported pseudoacromegaly cases, which were systematically reviewed to ensure th...
Essential trace elements status in portuguese pregnant women and their associat...
Bracchi, Isabella; Guimarães, Juliana; Rodrigues, Catarina; Azevedo, Rui; Coelho, Cláudia Matta; Pinheiro, Cátia; Morais, Juliana; Barreiros-Mota, InêsCobalt (Co), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), and zinc (Zn) are essential trace elements (ETEs) important in cellular chemical reactions and antioxidant defense. Ingestion of ETEs during pregnancy is crucial but their role in specific pregnancy outcomes is largely unknown. This study aimed to quantify urinary levels of these ETEs in pregnancy and to evaluate their role in pregnancy health. First tr...
Cyto-histological correlation of malignant thyroid nodules: clinical factors as...
Allen, Miguel; Sapinho, Inês; Raposo, Luís; Torrinha, JoaquimFine-needle aspiration (FNA) is routinely used to distinguish benign from malignant tumors in thyroid nodules. Most benign or malignant diagnosis are confirmed by histology, but for suspected malignancies (Follicular neoplasm and Hürthle-cell neoplasm histology is always required. Some clinical factors have been identified as predictors of malignancy in the suspicious cases with eventual interest for treatment ...