Publications by authors named "Agnieszka Kazmierczyk-Puchalska"
Purpose: To evaluate the validity of electrophysiological tests in the early diagnosis of a ganglion cells and/or optic nerve dysfunction in patients with pituitary microadenoma.
Methods: 66 eyes, from 33 patients with microadenoma with no evidence of the optic chiasm compression in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the visual impairment in the routine ophthalmological examination, standard static perimetry (24-2 white on white) and optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT), were analysed. The pattern electroretinogram (PERG), standard pattern visual evoked potentials (PVEPs) and multichannel visual evoked potentials (mVEPs) (ISCEV standards) were performed.
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- Hypocalcaemia is a common issue post-surgery for conditions like hyperparathyroidism and thyroid cancer, often treated with high doses of vitamin D and intravenous calcium, but this study explores a new option: recombinant human parathormone (rhPTH), specifically teriparatide.
- The research presents three cases in Poland where teriparatide was successfully used to manage severe hypocalcaemia in patients with hypoparathyroidism after thyroid-related surgeries.
- One case involved a 52-year-old woman who, after just a month of teriparatide injections, was able to stabilize her calcium levels and achieve normal lab results, illustrating its potential effectiveness for these postoperative patients.
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- A pituitary macroadenoma is a type of tumor that can cause symptoms like severe headaches, vision problems, and nerve issues.
- In this case, a patient was very sick, had high fever and unconsciousness, and was later found to have a serious infection and a large tumor in the brain.
- The patient had surgery to remove part of the tumor but still has some problems like weakness on one side of the body and speech difficulties, and will need more treatment to help with hormone issues.
Introduction: Pituitary gland adenomas producing prolactin are one of the commonest hormonally active tumours. Pharmacological treatment using of dopamine receptors agonists is the therapy of choice in a case of prolactinoma. Bromocriptine, which causes numerous side-effects is the most commonly used drug.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The aim of the study was to assess influence of hyperthyroidism and glucocorticosteroid treatment on changes of bone turnover markers in patients with Graves' disease and thyroid ophthalmopathy (TO).
Material And Methods: Three groups of patients were included in the study. Group I was composed of 26 euthyroid Graves' disease patients with TO suitable for steroid treatment.
Objective: An assessment of complications during systemic corticosteroid therapy combined with orbital radiotherapy in patients with thyroid eye disease.
Material: 101 patients including 86 women and 15 men hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department of Pomeranian Medical Academy in 1999-2002.
Methods: During the first stage of therapy, methylprednisolone in a daily dose of 1.
Unlabelled: The aim of the present study is the assessment of efficacy of systemic corticosteroid treatment combined with orbital radiotherapy in patients with thyroid ophthalmopathy.
Material: 101 patients hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department of the Pomeranian Medical University in the years 1999-2002.
Methods: During first stage of treatment 3 to 6-7 intravenous pulses of methylprednisolone (SoluMedrol Pharmacia & Upjohn) in a dose of 1.