Subclinical hypercortisol-assessment of bone fragility: experience of single osteoporosis center in Sicily.

Aim: Hypercortisolism is known to cause osteoporosis. Some evidence suggests that osteoporotic fractures may be the presenting manifestations of otherwise-asymptomatic hypercortisolism. The aim of our research was to investigate the prevalence of subclinical hypercortisolism (SH) in postmenopausal women evaluated for bone fragility.

Urine therapy through the centuries.

Urine has always interested and attracted the attention of people. It was in fact never considered a waste product of the body but rather as a distilled product selected from the blood and containing useful substances for the care of the body. It was referred to as the "gold of the blood" and "elixir of long life," indicating its therapeutic potential.

HLA haplotype in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus triggered by hepatitis B vaccine.

Aim: Find an association between hepatitis B vaccine-related systemic lupus erythematosus and HLA.

Material: A 27-year-old woman who developed a lupus nephritis after the administration of hepatitis B vaccine.

Methods: We studied HLA antigen expression on lymphocytes and genomic haplotype.

Thyroid metastases from clear cell renal carcinoma 18 years after nephrectomy.

Single or multiple thyroid metastases from extra-thyroid primary tumors are reported to be rare. Malignancies that metastasize to the thyroid include cancers originating from lung, breast and kidney. We report our experience with a case of thyroid metastases, which were detected 18 years after curative kidney surgery for renal cell carcinoma.