Publications by authors named "Gianna Rentziou"
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has been associated with a high incidence of arterial and venous thrombotic complications. However, thromboembolic events in unusual sites such as limb and visceral arterial ischemia are reported rarely in the literature. Herein, we describe a rare case of a patient with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection who experienced severe abdominal pain during the hospitalization and presented simultaneously renal artery, splenic artery and vein as well as aortic thrombi despite prophylactic antithrombotic treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, it will undoubtedly cross paths with long endemic infectious diseases in different areas. Interactions between SARS-CoV2 and well-known pathogens will likely give rise to unfamiliar clinical presentations, depending on complex and as yet unknown immunological interactions. We present a case of coinfection with COVI19 and visceral leishmaniasis and discuss recent reports regarding coexistence of SARS-CoV2 and spp.
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- The study aimed to investigate how elevated levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) after administration of recombinant TSH affect blood pressure in premenopausal women with well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma.
- Thirty euthyroid female patients participated, undergoing TSH stimulation tests while their blood pressure was monitored over 24 hours on specific days.
- Results indicated that while no significant relationships were observed between TSH levels on certain days and blood pressure measurements, elevated TSH levels did correlate with increased systolic and diastolic blood pressure, suggesting a potential link between acute TSH elevation and blood pressure changes.
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- The study focused on small medullary thyroid carcinomas (smallMTCs) that are 1.5 cm or smaller, examining how tumor size influences patient outcomes and clinical behavior over time.
- It included data from 128 patients and found that larger tumors (over 1 cm) were linked to worse prognosis, higher rates of invasion, and lower cure rates compared to smaller tumors.
- The research concluded that while tumor size is important, post-operative calcitonin levels are a stronger predictor of disease progression, indicating that higher calcitonin levels correlate with continued disease activity.
Objective: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) has varying clinical course. We assessed trends in MTC presentation during the last 34 years.
Design: Retrospective study.
Background: New cases of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are diagnosed more frequently worldwide. We investigated trends and differences in clinical and histological characteristics of new DTC cases presenting in one large center.
Methods: During the last 34 years 852 follicular cell-derived DTC cases (83% papillary [PTC], 17% follicular [FTC] carcinoma) presented in the Endocrine Unit of the Department of Clinical Therapeutics in Alexandra Hospital (18.