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AIM: To evaluate the impact of aldosterone excess on renal function in individuals with primary aldosteronism and to compare its evolution after surgery or mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) treatment. METHODS: A multicentre, retrospective cohort study of primary aldosteronism patients in follow-up in 36 Spanish tertiary hospitals, who underwent specific treatment for primary aldosteronism (MRA or adrenalectomy). RESULTS: A total of 789 patients with primary aldosteronism were included, with a median age of 57.5âyears and 41.8% being women. At primary aldosteronism diagnosis, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) was 10.7% ( n â=â84), with 75% of cases classified as state 3a ( n â=â63). Primary aldosteronism patients with CKD had a longer duration of hypertension, a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes, dyslipidaemia, cardiovascular events, hypokalaemia, and albuminuria. Unilateral adrenalectomy was performed in 41.8% of cases ( n â=â330), and 459 patients were treated with MRA. After a median follow-up of 30.7âmonths (range 13.3-68.4), there was a significant decline in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in operated patients and those receiving MRA. During follow-up, 24.4% of patients with CKD at the time of primary aldosteronism diagnosis had normalized renal function, and 39% of those with albuminuria had albuminuria remission. There were no differences in renal function or albuminuria regression between the two therapy groups. However, development of albuminuria was less common in operated than in medically treated patients (0 vs. 6.0%, P â=â0.009). CONCLUSION: CKD affects around 10% of the patients with primary aldosteronism, with a higher risk in individuals with long-term hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidaemia, cardiovascular events, hypokalaemia, and albuminuria. At short-term, both MRA and surgical treatment lead to a reduction of renal function, but adrenalectomy led to higher renal protection.
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Adrenalectomia , Hiperaldosteronismo , Antagonistas de Receptores de Mineralocorticoides , Sistema de Registros , Humanos , Hiperaldosteronismo/complicações , Hiperaldosteronismo/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Espanha/epidemiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Antagonistas de Receptores de Mineralocorticoides/uso terapêutico , Idoso , Rim/fisiopatologia , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/fisiopatologia , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/complicações , Adulto , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular , Estudos de CoortesAssuntos
Hormônio do Crescimento Humano , Prolactina , Somatostatina , Somatostatina/análogos & derivados , Somatostatina/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Prolactina/metabolismo , Prolactina/sangue , Hormônio do Crescimento Humano/análogos & derivados , Tumores Neuroendócrinos/tratamento farmacológico , Tumores Neuroendócrinos/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/metabolismoRESUMO
The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of second-line therapies in patients with acromegaly caused by a growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) co-secreting pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (GH&PRL-Pit-NET) compared to their efficacy in patients with acromegaly caused by a GH-secreting pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (GH-Pit-NET). This is a multicenter retrospective study of patients with acromegaly on treatment with pasireotide and/or pegvisomant. Patients were classified in two groups: GH&PRL-Pit-NETs when evidence of hyperprolactinemia and immunohistochemistry (IHC) for GH and PRL was positive or if PRL were >200 ng/dL regardless of the PRL-IHC and GH-Pit-NETs when the previously mentioned criteria were not met. A total of 28 cases with GH&PRL-Pit-NETs and 122 with GH-Pit-NETs met the inclusion criteria. GH&PRL-Pit-NETs presented at a younger age, caused hypopituitarism, and were invasive more frequently than GH-Pit-NETs. There were 124 patients treated with pegvisomant and 49 with pasireotide at any time. The efficacy of pegvisomant for IGF-1 normalization was of 81.5% and of pasireotide of 71.4%. No differences in IGF-1 control with pasireotide and with pegvisomant were observed between GH&PRL-Pit-NETs and GH-Pit-NETs. All GH&PRL-Pit-NET cases treated with pasireotide (n = 6) and 82.6% (n = 19/23) of the cases treated with pegvisomant normalized PRL levels. No differences in the rate of IGF-1 control between pegvisomant and pasireotide were detected in patients with GH&PRL-Pit-NETs (84.9% vs 66.7%, P = 0.178). We conclude that despite the more aggressive behavior of GH&PRL-Pit-NETs than GH-Pit-NETs, no differences in the rate of IGF-1 control with pegvisomant and pasireotide were observed between both groups, and both drugs have shown to be effective treatments to control IGF-1 and PRL hypersecretion in these tumors.
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Acromegalia , Hormônio do Crescimento Humano , Tumores Neuroendócrinos , Prolactina , Somatostatina , Humanos , Somatostatina/análogos & derivados , Somatostatina/uso terapêutico , Masculino , Feminino , Hormônio do Crescimento Humano/análogos & derivados , Hormônio do Crescimento Humano/uso terapêutico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto , Prolactina/sangue , Prolactina/metabolismo , Estudos Retrospectivos , Tumores Neuroendócrinos/tratamento farmacológico , Tumores Neuroendócrinos/metabolismo , Acromegalia/tratamento farmacológico , Acromegalia/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/metabolismo , Idoso , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Purpose: To compare the clinical and hormonal characteristics of patients with familial hyperaldosteronism (FH) and sporadic primary aldosteronism (PA). Methods: A systematic review of the literature was performed for the identification of FH patients. The SPAIN-ALDO registry cohort of patients with no suspicion of FH was chosen as the comparator group (sporadic group). Results: A total of 360 FH (246 FH type I, 73 type II, 29 type III, and 12 type IV) cases and 830 sporadic PA patients were included. Patients with FH-I were younger than sporadic cases, and women were more commonly affected (P = 0.003). In addition, the plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) was lower, plasma renin activity (PRA) higher, and hypokalemia (P < 0.001) less frequent than in sporadic cases. Except for a younger age (P < 0.001) and higher diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.006), the clinical and hormonal profiles of FH-II and sporadic cases were similar. FH-III had a distinct phenotype, with higher PAC and higher frequency of hypokalemia (P < 0.001), and presented 45 years before sporadic cases. Nevertheless, the clinical and hormonal phenotypes of FH-IV and sporadic cases were similar, with the former being younger and having lower serum potassium levels. Conclusion: In addition to being younger and having a family history of PA, FH-I and III share other typical characteristics. In this regard, FH-I is characterized by a low prevalence of hypokalemia and FH-III by a severe aldosterone excess causing hypokalemia in more than 85% of patients. The clinical and hormonal phenotype of type II and IV is similar to the sporadic cases.
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Hiperaldosteronismo , Hipopotassemia , Feminino , Humanos , Aldosterona , Hiperaldosteronismo/complicações , Hiperaldosteronismo/genética , Hiperaldosteronismo/epidemiologia , Hipopotassemia/etiologia , PotássioRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is associated with several cardiometabolic comorbidities. Specific treatment by mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA) or adrenalectomy has been reported to reduce the cardiometabolic risk. However, the cardiovascular benefit could depend on plasma renin levels in patients on MRA. AIM: To compare the development of cardiovascular, renal and metabolic complications between medically treated patients with PA and those who underwent adrenalectomy, taking the renin status during MRA treatment into account. METHODS: A multicenter retrospective study (SPAIN-ALDO Register) of patients with PA treated at 35 Spanish tertiary hospitals. Patients on MRA were divided into two groups based on renin suppression (n = 90) or non-suppression (n = 70). Both groups were also compared to unilateral PA patients (n = 275) who achieved biochemical cure with adrenalectomy. RESULTS: Adrenalectomized patients were younger, had higher plasma aldosterone concentration, and lower potassium levels than MRA group. Patients on MRA had similar baseline characteristics when stratified into treatment groups with suppressed and unsuppressed renin. 97 (55.1%) of 176 patients without comorbidities at diagnosis, developed at least one comorbidity during follow-up (median 12 months vs. 12.5 months' follow-up after starting MRA and surgery, respectively). Surgery group had a lower risk of developing new cardiovascular events (HR 0.40 [95% CI 0.18-0.90]) than MRA group. Surgical treatment improved glycemic and blood pressure control, increased serum potassium levels, and required fewer antihypertensive drugs than medical treatment. However, there were no differences in the cardiometabolic profile or the incidence of new comorbidities between the groups with suppressed and unsuppressed renin levels (HR 0.95 [95% CI 0.52-1.73]). CONCLUSION: Cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic events were comparable in MRA patients with unsuppressed and suppressed renin. Effective surgical treatment of PA was associated with a decreased incidence of new cardiovascular events when compared to MRA therapy.
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Doenças Cardiovasculares , Hiperaldosteronismo , Hipertensão , Humanos , Adrenalectomia , Aldosterona , Biomarcadores , Doenças Cardiovasculares/tratamento farmacológico , Hiperaldosteronismo/diagnóstico , Hiperaldosteronismo/tratamento farmacológico , Hiperaldosteronismo/epidemiologia , Hipertensão/diagnóstico , Hipertensão/tratamento farmacológico , Hipertensão/epidemiologia , Antagonistas de Receptores de Mineralocorticoides/farmacologia , Antagonistas de Receptores de Mineralocorticoides/uso terapêutico , Potássio/metabolismo , Sistema de Registros , Renina/metabolismo , Estudos Retrospectivos , Espanha/epidemiologiaRESUMO
PURPOSE: To evaluate whether the clinical, biochemical and radiological features of patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) can predict both main subtypes of PA. METHODS: A retrospective multicenter study of PA patients followed in 27 Spanish tertiary hospitals (SPAIN-ALDO Register). Only patients with confirmed unilateral or bilateral PA based on adrenal venous sampling (AVS) and/or postsurgical biochemical cure after adrenalectomy were included. Supervised regression techniques were used for model development. RESULTS: 328 patients [270 unilateral PA (UPA), 58 bilateral PA (BPA)] were included. The area under the curve (AUC) for aldosterone/potassium ratio and aldosterone responses following saline infusion test were 0.602 [95%CI 0.520 to 0.684] and 0.574 [95% CI 0.446-0.701], respectively, to differentiate UPA from BPA. The AUC was 0.825 [95% 0.764-0.886] when the prediction model with seven parameters - comorbidities (dyslipidemia, cerebrovascular disease, sleep apnea syndrome [SAS]), systolic blood pressure (SBP), plasma aldosterone levels (PAC), hypokalemia and unilateral adrenal nodule >1 cm and normal contralateral adrenal gland on CT/MRI - was used. In patients without comorbidities, hypokalemia, SBP > 160 mmHg, PAC > 40 ng/dL, and unilateral adrenal lesions were associated with a likelihood of having a UPA of 98.5%. The chance of BPA was higher in individuals with comorbidities, SBP < 140 mmHg, normokalemia, low PAC levels, and no adrenal tumors on the CT/MRI (91.5%). CONCLUSION: A combination of high PAC, SBP > 160 mmHg, low serum potassium, a unilateral adrenal nodule>1 cm and no comorbidities could predict a UPA with a 98.5% accuracy.
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the 131I-6ß-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol (NP-59) adrenal scintigraphy for the subtyping diagnosis of primary aldosteronism (PA), considering as gold standard for the diagnosis of unilateral PA (UPA), either the results of the adrenal venous sampling (AVS) or the outcome after adrenalectomy. METHODS: A retrospective multicenter study was performed on PA patients from 14 Spanish tertiary hospitals who underwent NP-59 scintigraphy with an available subtyping diagnosis. Patients were classified as UPA if biochemical cure was achieved after adrenalectomy or/and if an AVS lateralization index > 4 with ACTH stimulation or >2 without ACTH stimulation was observed. Patients were classified as having bilateral PA (BPA) if the AVS lateralization index was ≤4 with ACTH or ≤2 without ACTH stimulation or if there was evidence of bilateral adrenal nodules >1 cm in each adrenal gland detected by CT/MRI. RESULTS: A total of 86 patients with PA were included (70.9% (n = 61) with UPA and 29.1% (n = 25) with BPA). Based on the NP-59 scintigraphy results, 16 patients showed normal suppressed adrenal gland uptake, and in the other 70 cases, PA was considered unilateral in 49 patients (70%) and bilateral in 21 (30%). Based on 59-scintigraphy results, 10.4% of the patients with unilateral uptake had BPA, and 27.3% of the cases with bilateral uptake had UPA. The AUC of the ROC curve of the NP-59 scintigraphy for PA subtyping was 0.812 [0.707-0.916]. Based on the results of the CT/MRI and NP-59 scintigraphy, only 6.7% of the patients with unilateral uptake had BPA, and 24% of the cases with bilateral uptake had UPA. The AUC of the ROC curve of the model combining CT/MRI and 59-scintigraphy results for subtyping PA was 0.869 [0.782-0.957]. CONCLUSION: The results of NP-59 scintigraphy in association with the information provided by the CT/MRI may be useful for PA subtyping. However, their diagnostic accuracy is only moderate. Therefore, it should be considered a second-line diagnostic tool when AVS is not an option.
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CONTEXT: Patients with obesity have an overactivated renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) that is associated with essential hypertension. However, the influence of obesity in primary aldosteronism (PA) is unknown. OBJECTIVE: We analyzed the effect of obesity on the characteristics of PA, and the association between obesity and RAAS components. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted of the Spanish PA Registry (SPAIN-ALDO Registry), which included patients with PA seen at 20 tertiary centers between 2018 and 2022. Differences between patients with and without obesity were analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 415 patients were included; 189 (45.5%) with obesity. Median age was 55 years (range, 47.3-65.2 years) and 240 (58.4%) were male. Compared to those without obesity, patients with obesity had higher rates of diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, obstructive apnea syndrome, left ventricular hypertrophy, prior cardiovascular events, higher means of systolic blood pressure, and required more antihypertensive drugs. Patients with PA and obesity also had higher values of serum glucose, glycated hemoglobin A1c, creatinine, uric acid, and triglycerides, and lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Levels of blood aldosterone (PAC) and renin were similar between patients with and without obesity. Body mass index was not correlated with PAC nor renin. The rates of adrenal lesions on imaging studies, as well as the rates of unilateral disease assessed by adrenal vein sampling or I-6ß-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol scintigraphy, were similar between groups. CONCLUSION: Obesity in PA patients involves a worse cardiometabolic profile, and need for more antihypertensive drugs but similar PAC and renin levels, and rates of adrenal lesions and lateral disease than patients without obesity. However, obesity implicates a lower rate of hypertension cure after adrenalectomy.
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Hiperaldosteronismo , Hipertensão , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Feminino , Hiperaldosteronismo/complicações , Hiperaldosteronismo/diagnóstico , Hiperaldosteronismo/epidemiologia , Anti-Hipertensivos/uso terapêutico , Aldosterona , Renina , Estudos Retrospectivos , Hipertensão/tratamento farmacológico , Adrenalectomia , Obesidade/complicações , Obesidade/epidemiologia , Obesidade/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of autonomous cortisol secretion (ACS) in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) and its implications on cardiometabolic and surgical outcomes. Methods: This is a retrospective multicenter study of PA patients who underwent 1 mg dexamethasone-suppression test (DST) during diagnostic workup in 21 Spanish tertiary hospitals. ACS was defined as a cortisol post-DST >1.8 µg/dL (confirmed ACS if >5 µg/dL and possible ACS if 1.8-5 µg/dL) in the absence of specific clinical features of hypercortisolism. The cardiometabolic profile was compared with a control group with ACS without PA (ACS group) matched for age and DST levels. Results: The prevalence of ACS in the global cohort of patients with PA (n = 176) was 29% (ACS-PA; n = 51). Ten patients had confirmed ACS and 41 possible ACS. The cardiometabolic profile of ACS-PA and PA-only patients was similar, except for older age and larger tumor size of the adrenal lesion in the ACS-PA group. When comparing the ACS-PA group (n = 51) and the ACS group (n = 78), the prevalence of hypertension (OR 7.7 (2.64-22.32)) and cardiovascular events (OR 5.0 (2.29-11.07)) was higher in ACS-PA patients than in ACS patients. The coexistence of ACS in patients with PA did not affect the surgical outcomes, the proportion of biochemical cure and clinical cure being similar between ACS-PA and PA-only groups. Conclusion: Co-secretion of cortisol and aldosterone affects almost one-third of patients with PA. Its occurrence is more frequent in patients with larger tumors and advanced age. However, the cardiometabolic and surgical outcomes of patients with ACS-PA and PA-only are similar.
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BACKGROUND: The BRAF V600E mutation (BRAF mut) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has been associated with poor response to therapy with 131I in patients with metastases but the results in postsurgical treatment are controversial. Our main objective is to investigate the impact of the mutation on the biokinetics of the administered 131I therapy after surgery. METHODS: A prospective study was designed, from July 2015 to January 2018 which included patients with PTC receiving 131I therapy after surgical treatment. To study the biokinetics of the radioiodine in postoperative thyroid remnants, SPECT-CT images were acquired so as to obtain the following variables: percentage of remnant uptake at 2 and 7 days post-administration, effective half-life and time-integrated activity coefficient. All of them were compared depending on the mutational diagnosis and other clinical features and pathological variables. RESULTS: Sixty-one patients, and in total 103 thyroid remnants, were included. About 59% of patients were BRAF mutated. The mutation was associated with classic variant (88.5% vs. 11.5%; P=0.0001), desmoplastic reaction (85.7% vs. 14.3%; P=0.002), smaller tumor size (1.5 vs. 2.1 cm; P=0.024), nodal disease (3.3 vs. 1; P=0.001) and advanced stages (76.9% vs. 23%; P=0.014). The BRAFmut group had a lower percentage of 131I uptake at 2 days (0.17% vs. 0.47%; P=0.001) and at 7 days (0.02% vs. 0.1%; P=0.013); and a lower time-integrated activity coefficient (0.05h vs. 0.17 h; P=0.002). In univariate analysis, in addition to the mutation, the histological variant was significant but only for time-integrated activity coefficient (P=0.04). In multivariate analysis, only mutation determined the 2-day uptake (P<0.001) and the time-integrated activity coefficient (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The BRAF V600E mutation is associated with lower 131I uptake in thyroid remnants. Furthermore, it is an independent factor that decreases the effect of post-surgical 131I therapy, and therefore, it could be used as a potential tool to optimize the treatment of PTC.
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Carcinoma Papilar , Carcinoma , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide , Humanos , Câncer Papilífero da Tireoide/diagnóstico por imagem , Câncer Papilífero da Tireoide/genética , Radioisótopos do Iodo/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/genética , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/radioterapia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas B-raf/genética , Carcinoma/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma/genética , Carcinoma/patologia , Carcinoma Papilar/diagnóstico por imagem , Carcinoma Papilar/genética , Carcinoma Papilar/radioterapia , Estudos Prospectivos , Mutação , Tomografia Computadorizada de Emissão de Fóton Único , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XRESUMO
PURPOSE: To develop a predictive model of hypertension resolution after adrenalectomy in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA), based on their presurgical characteristics. METHODS: A retrospective multicenter study of PA patients in follow-up in 20 Spanish tertiary hospitals between 2018 and 2021 was performed (SPAIN-ALDO Register). Clinical response postadrenalectomy was classified according to the primary aldosteronism surgical outcome (PASO) consensus criteria. The predictive model was developed using a multivariate logistic regression model with the estimation of all possible equations. RESULTS: A total of 146 patients (54.8% females; mean age of 51.5 ± 10.9âyears) with PA who underwent unilateral adrenalectomy were included. After a mean follow-up of 29.1â±â30.43âmonths after surgery, hypertension cure was obtained in 37.7% ( n â=â55) of the patients. The predictive model with the highest diagnostic accuracy to predict hypertension cure combined the variables female sex, use of two or fewer antihypertensive medications, hypertension grade 1, without type 2 diabetes and nonobesity. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of this model was 0.841 [0.769-0.914]. Based on this model, the group of patients with a higher probability of cure (80.4%) were those without type 2 diabetes, BMI <30âkg/m 2 , female sex, hypertension grade 1 and who use two or fewer antihypertensives. Our predictive model offered a slightly higher diagnostic accuracy than Wachtel's (area under the curve [AUC]: 0.809), Utsumi's (AUC: 0.804) and Zarnegar's (AUC: 0.796) models and was similar than the Burello's (AUC: 0.833) model. CONCLUSION: Female sex, use of two or fewer antihypertensive medications, hypertension grade 1, no type 2 diabetes and nonobesity may predict hypertension cure after adrenalectomy in patients with PA. Our score provides a potential tool to guide preoperative patient counseling.
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 , Hiperaldosteronismo , Hipertensão , Humanos , Feminino , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Masculino , Adrenalectomia , Anti-Hipertensivos/uso terapêutico , Espanha , Resultado do Tratamento , Hipertensão/tratamento farmacológico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of adrenal venous sampling (AVS) performance in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA), the main reasons for its non-performance, and the success and complications rate of this procedure in Spain. Moreover, the concordance between CT/MRI and AVS for PA subtyping was evaluated. METHODS: A retrospective multicenter study of PA patient follow-up in 20 Spanish tertiary hospitals between 2018-2021 was performed (SPAIN-ALDO Register). RESULTS: Of the 440 patients with PA included in the study, 153 underwent AVS (34.8%). The main reasons for not performing AVS were: patient rejection to the procedure, low catheterization rate in the center and unilateral disease based on CT/MRI. The overall success rate was 44.4% (the left adrenal vein was properly canulated in 77.8% and the right adrenal vein in 48.4%). Only 3 patients experienced minor complications. In the 45 patients with unilateral disease according to AVS, CT/MRI indicated bilateral disease or normal adrenal glands in 17. In the 23 patients with bilateral disease, CT/MRI indicated unilateral disease in 14. However, no significant differences were observed in biochemical response (P = 0.051) and hypertension resolution (P = 0.150) between patients who underwent surgery based on CT/MRI results and those who underwent surgery based on AVS results. CONCLUSION: In our setting, AVS is still an underused technique in patients with PA. The low experience and success rate in AVS partially justify these results. More training for providers and patients needs to be done to include appropriate well performed AVS in the diagnosis algorithm of PA.
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Hiperaldosteronismo , Humanos , Hiperaldosteronismo/diagnóstico , Hiperaldosteronismo/cirurgia , Espanha , Glândulas Suprarrenais/diagnóstico por imagem , Glândulas Suprarrenais/irrigação sanguínea , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Estudos Retrospectivos , Aldosterona , AdrenalectomiaRESUMO
Objective: To compare the presentation and evolution of primary aldosteronism (PA) in the elderly (≥65 years) and young patients (<65 years). Methods: A retrospective multicenter study was performed in 20 Spanish hospitals of PA patients in follow-up between 2018 and 2021. Results: Three hundred fifty-two patients with PA <65 years and 88 patients ≥65 years were included. Older PA patients had a two-fold higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and cerebrovascular disease, but these differences disappeared after adjusting for hypertension duration. At diagnosis, diastolic blood pressure was lower than in young patients (83.3 ± 11.54 vs 91.6 ± 14.46 mmHg, P < 0.0001). No differences in the rate of overall correct cannulation (56.5% vs 42.3%, P = 0.206) or the diagnosis of unilaterality (76.9% vs 62.5%, P = 0.325) in the adrenal venous sampling (AVS) was observed between the elderly and young groups. However, there was a lower proportion of PA patients who underwent adrenalectomy in the elderly group than in the younger group (22.7% (n = 20) vs 37.5% (n = 132), P = 0.009). Nevertheless, no differences in the rate of postsurgical biochemical (100% (n = 14) vs 92.8% (n = 90), P = 0.299) and hypertension cure (38.6% (n = 51) vs 25.0% (n = 5), P = 0.239) were observed between both groups. Conclusion: Older patients with PA have a worse cardiometabolic profile than young patients with PA that it is related to a longer duration of hypertension. However, the results of the AVS, and adrenalectomy are similar in both groups. Therefore, the management of elderly patients with PA should be based not only on age, but rather on the overall medical, physical, social, and mental characteristics of the patients.
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INTRODUCTION: The presence of lymph nodes metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) modifies the type of surgical resection as well as the indication of the treatment with I131 in the postoperative period. This therapeutic approach is based on the results of the diagnostic tests, like the cervical ultrasonography. Currently other methods of diagnostic are tested as selective sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). It can complement to the ultrasound results. The aim was to validate the SLNB for use in the diagnosis of lymph node metastasis by papillary thyroid cancer. METHODS: Observational prospective cohort study of 55 patients who underwent PTC without suspicion of lymph node involvement clinical or radiological, since February 2012 through February 2015, with a follow-up between 6 and 8 years. It was used 99Tc with intratumoral nanocoloid and a portable tube of the gamma camera for the detection of the sentinel node (SN). VARIABLES: age, gender, histological, analytical and preoperative and postoperative staging. The sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of technique was calculated. The validation was determined by calculating the detectability and the false negative results of the test. RESULTS: 53 of the 55 patients (96,36%) there was the SN detection. The FN were 4 patients (7,5%). Of the rest, after applying the SLNB, 24 (48,9%) were kept as N0, 14 (28,5%) became N1a and 11 (22,4%) were classified as N1b. The differences observed in the study were significant (P < ,05). The sensitivity was 86,21%, the specificity of 100%, the PPV was 100% and the NPV of 85.71%. The diagnostic accuracy of 92,45%. CONCLUSION: The SLNB is a valid technique for use in patients suffering from papillary thyroid cancer with a high diagnostic accuracy.
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Biópsia de Linfonodo Sentinela , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide , Humanos , Metástase Linfática , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Estudos Prospectivos , Biópsia de Linfonodo Sentinela/métodos , Câncer Papilífero da Tireoide/cirurgia , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/cirurgiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the evolution of the cardiometabolic profile of patients with primary hyperaldosteronism (PA) after the treatment with surgery and with mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA). DESIGN: Retrospective multicentric study of patients with PA on follow-up in twelve Spanish centers between 2018 and 2020. RESULTS: 268 patients with PA treated by surgery (n = 100) or with MRA (n = 168) were included. At baseline, patients treated with surgery were more commonly women (54.6% vs 41.7%, P = 0.042), had a higher prevalence of hypokalemia (72.2% vs 58%, P = 0.022) and lower prevalence of obesity (37.4% vs 51.3%, P = 0.034) than patients treated with MRA. Adrenalectomy resulted in complete biochemical cure in 94.0% and clinical response in 83.0% (complete response in 41.0% and partial response in 42.0%). After a median follow-up of 23.6 (IQR 9.7-53.8) months, the reduction in blood pressure (BP) after treatment was similar between the group of surgery and MRA, but patients surgically treated reduced the number of antihypertensive pills for BP control more than those medically treated (∆antihypertensives: -1.3 ± 1.3 vs 0.0 ± 1.4, P < 0.0001) and experienced a higher increased in serum potassium levels (∆serum potassium: 0.9 ± 0.7 vs 0.6 ± 0.8mEq/ml, P = 0.003). However, no differences in the risk of the onset of new renal and cardiometabolic comorbidities was observed between the group of surgery and MRA (HR = 0.9 [0.5-1.5], P = 0.659). CONCLUSION: In patients with PA, MRA and surgery offer a similar short-term cardiovascular protection, but surgery improves biochemical control and reduces pill burden more commonly than MRA, and lead to hypertension cure or improvement in up to 83% of the patients.
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Hiperaldosteronismo , Hipertensão , Adrenalectomia/efeitos adversos , Feminino , Humanos , Hiperaldosteronismo/tratamento farmacológico , Hiperaldosteronismo/epidemiologia , Hiperaldosteronismo/cirurgia , Hipertensão/tratamento farmacológico , Hipertensão/epidemiologia , Antagonistas de Receptores de Mineralocorticoides/uso terapêutico , Potássio/uso terapêutico , Sistema de Registros , Estudos Retrospectivos , Espanha/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Central adrenal insufficiency (AI) due to isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency (IAD) has been recently associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. Our aim was to analyze the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and therapeutic outcomes in cancer patients with IAD induced by ICI therapy. A retrospective and multicenter study was performed. From a total of 4447 cancer patients treated with ICI antibodies, 37 (0.8%) (23 men (62.2%), mean age 64.7 ± 8.3 years (range 46-79 years)) were diagnosed with IAD. The tumor most frequently related to IAD was lung cancer (n = 20, 54.1%), followed by melanoma (n = 8, 21.6%). The most common ICI antibody inhibitors reported were nivolumab (n = 18, 48.6%), pembrolizumab (n = 16, 43.2%), and ipilimumab (n = 8, 21.6%). About half of the patients (n = 19, 51.4%) had other immune-related adverse events, mainly endocrine adverse effects (n = 10, 27.0%). IAD was diagnosed at a median time of 7.0 months (IQR, 5-12) after starting immunotherapy. The main reported symptom at presentation was fatigue (97.3%), followed by anorexia (81.8%) and general malaise (81.1%). Mean follow-up time since IAD diagnosis was 15.2 ± 12.5 months (range 0.3-55 months). At last visit, all patients continued with hormonal deficiency of ACTH. Median overall survival since IAD diagnosis was 6.0 months. In conclusion, IAD is a rare but a well-established complication associated with ICI therapy in cancer patients. It develops around 7 months after starting the treatment, mainly anti-PD1 antibodies. Recovery of the corticotropic axis function should not be expected.
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Melanoma , Nivolumabe , Hormônio Adrenocorticotrópico/deficiência , Idoso , Doenças do Sistema Endócrino , Doenças Genéticas Inatas , Humanos , Hipoglicemia , Imunoterapia/efeitos adversos , Ipilimumab/efeitos adversos , Masculino , Melanoma/tratamento farmacológico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nivolumabe/efeitos adversos , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Pituitary adenomas (PA) are rare in young patients, and additional studies are needed to fully understand their pathogenesis in this population. We describe the clinical and genetic characteristics of apparently sporadic PA in a cohort of young patients. DESIGN: Clinical and molecular analysis of 235 patients (age ≤ 30 years) with PA. Clinicians from several Spanish and Chilean hospitals provided data. METHODS: Genetic screening was performed via next-generation sequencing and comparative genomic hybridization array. Clinical variables were compared among paediatric, adolescent (<19 years) and young adults' (≥19-30 years) cohorts and types of adenomas. Phenotype-genotype associations were examined. RESULTS: Among the total cohort, mean age was 17.3 years. Local mass effect symptoms were present in 22.0%, and prolactinomas were the most frequent (44.7%). Disease-causing germline variants were identified in 22 individuals (9.3%), more exactly in 13.1 and 4.7% of the populations aged between 0-19 and 19-30 years, respectively; genetically positive patients were younger at diagnosis and had larger tumour size. Healthy family carriers were also identified. CONCLUSIONS: Variants in genes associated with syndromic forms of PAs were detected in a large cohort of apparently sporadic pituitary tumours. We have identified novel variants in well-known genes and set the possibility of incomplete disease penetrance in carriers of MEN1 alterations or a limited clinical expression of the syndrome. Despite the low penetrance observed, screening of AIP and MEN1 variants in young patients and relatives is of clinical value.
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Adenoma , Neoplasias Hipofisárias , Adenoma/diagnóstico , Adenoma/epidemiologia , Adenoma/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Idade de Início , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Chile/epidemiologia , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Frequência do Gene , Estudos de Associação Genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Testes Genéticos , Mutação em Linhagem Germinativa , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Perda de Heterozigosidade , Masculino , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/genética , Espanha/epidemiologia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: The presence of lymph nodes metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer modifies the type of surgical resection as well as the indication of the treatment with 131I in the postoperative period. This therapeutic approach is based on the results of the diagnostic tests, like the cervical ultrasonography. Currently other methods of diagnostic are tested as selective sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). It can complement to the ultrasound results. The aim was to validate the SLNB for use in the diagnosis of lymph node metastasis by papillary thyroid cancer. METHODS: Observational prospective cohort study of 55 patients who underwent papillary thyroid cancer without suspicion of lymph node involvement clinical or radiological, since February 2012 through February 2015, with a follow-up between 6 and 8 years. It was used 99Tc with intratumoral nanocoloid and a portable tube of the gamma camera for the detection of the sentinel node. VARIABLES: age, gender, histological, analytical and preoperative and postoperative staging. The sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of technique was calculated. The validation was determined by calculating the detectability and the false negative results of the test. RESULTS: In 53 of the 55 patients (96.36%) there was the sentinel node detection. The false negative were 4 patients (7.5%). Of the rest, after applying the SLNB, 24 (48.9%) were kept as N0, 14 (28.5%) became N1a and 11 (22.4%) were classified as N1b. The differences observed in the study were significant (P<.05). The sensitivity was 86.21%, the specificity of 100%, the PPV was 100% and the NPV of 85.71%. The diagnostic accuracy was 92.45%. CONCLUSIONS: The SLNB is a valid technique for use in patients suffering from papillary thyroid cancer with a high diagnostic accuracy.
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INTRODUCTION: Intestinal failure (IF) is defined as a reduction in intestinal function below the minimum necessary for the absorption of nutrients, requiring intravenous supplementation to maintain health and/or growth. The most common cause is short bowel syndrome (SBS). Approximately 50% of patients with SBS have IF and require parenteral support. Teduglutide is a human glucagon-like peptide-2 analogue (GLP-2) approved for the treatment of patients with SBS. Clinical trial results have proven its efficacy by reducing volume and days of administration of parenteral nutrition and fluid therapy. Few publications evaluate the effects on long-term bowel function in respondent patients after teduglutide suspension. A patient with type I SBS (terminal jejunostomy) due to multiple surgeries for Crohn's disease, who was treated with liraglutide for one year and sequential teduglutide for 21 months, is described. With the former, a reduction in the need for contribution and debit by jejunostomy was observed. The GLP-2 analogue achieved a greater reduction in the hydric disbalance that allowed the suspension of the nocturnal suerotherapy, with weight gain and maintenance of nutritional parameters; situation maintained two years after its suspension.
INTRODUCCIÓN: El fallo intestinal se define como una reducción de la función intestinal por debajo del mínimo necesario para la absorción de nutrientes y que precisa suplementación intravenosa para mantener la salud y/o el crecimiento. La causa más frecuente es el síndrome de intestino corto. Aproximadamente el 50% de pacientes con SIC presenta FI y requiere soporte parenteral. Teduglutida es un análogo del péptido-2 similar al glucagón (GLP-2) humano aprobado para el tratamiento de pacientes con SIC. Los resultados de ensayos clínicos han probado su eficacia: se reducen el volumen y los días de administración de nutrición parenteral y fluidoterapia. Pocas publicaciones evalúan los efectos sobre la función intestinal a largo plazo en pacientes respondedores tras la suspensión de teduglutida. Se describe un paciente con SIC tipo I (yeyunostomía terminal) debido a múltiples intervenciones quirúrgicas por enfermedad de Crohn, que recibió tratamiento con liraglutida un año y teduglutida secuencial durante 21 meses. Con el primero, se objetivó una reducción en la necesidad de aporte y débito por yeyunostomía. El análogo del GLP-2 consiguió una mayor reducción del desequilibrio hídrico que permitió suspender sueroterapia nocturna, con ganancia ponderal y mantenimiento de parámetros nutricionales, situación mantenida dos años después de su suspensión.