Endocrinology
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The Endocrinology Operational Unit carries out a diagnostic-therapeutic classification of the main endocrine and metabolic disorders and establishes a personalized treatment procedure.
Treated Diseases
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases: Hypothyroidism/Hyperthyroidism, acute, subacute and chronic/autoimmune thyroiditis (Basedow disease and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis), thyroid nodule and multinodular goiter, thyroid carcinoma (papillary, medullary, astrocytoma), parathyroid carcinoma, parathyroid hyperplasia, parathyroid adenoma
- Hypothalamic-pituitary Diseases: non-functioning and hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas (GH, PRL, ACTH, FSH/LH, TSH); Isolated/partial Hypopituitarism/panhypopituitarism; hypophysitis; diabetes insipidus; craniopharyngioma
- Adrenal Disorders: hypoadrenalism; non-functioning and hormone-secreting adrenal adenoma (cortisol, corticosteroids, androgens, catecholamines/metanephrines), Adrenogenital Syndromes
- Paragangliomas
- Endocrine Malignancies and Multiple Primary Malignancy Syndrome (MEN 1, MEN 2A e 2B)
- Osteoporosis: Senile Osteoporosis; Secondary Osteoporosis; Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis
- Menstrual Disorders: Primary/secondary Amenorrhea; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Neuroendocrine Tumors: Neuroendocrine tumors in the gastro-enteropancreatic tract (GEP-net); Endobronchial Carcinoids
- Dyslipidemia and Obesity
- Pediatric Endocrinology: GHD; Early puberty; Congenital disorders of the endocrine system
- Andrological Diseases
- Endocrine complications in chronic illnesses
Outpatient Services
- General Endocrinology and thyroid scan Outpatient Services: thyroid and parathyroid diseases, adrenal gland disorders, hypothalamic-pituitary diseases, metabolic syndrome, menstrual disorders;
- Pediatric Endocrinology Outpatient Services: auxological visits, GH dysfunction, early puberty;
- Osteoporosis Outpatient Services
- Neuroendocrine tumor Outpatient Services
- Andrology Outpatient Services: infertility, varicoceles, hypogonadism
- Fine needle aspiration of the thyroid