Publications by authors named "Grigorios Kaltsas"
Objectives: Vasoactive intestinal peptide-secreting tumors (VIPomas) are rare functioning neuroendocrine tumors often characterized by a difficult-to-control secretory syndrome and high potential to develop metastases. We hereby present the characteristics of 15 cases of VIPomas and provide a recent literature review.
Methods: This was a retrospective data analysis of 15 patients with VIPoma from 3 different centers and literature research through PubMed database during the last 10 years.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the role of type I interferon (IFN) in autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) and type 1 diabetes (T1DM) to understand its contribution to organ-specific autoimmunity.
- Researchers compared 39 ATD patients and 88 T1DM patients to matched controls, assessing serum type I IFN activity and clinical parameters.
- Results showed increased type I IFN activity in both groups, with specific clinical manifestations linked to higher IFN levels, suggesting a role for type I IFN in the development of these autoimmune diseases.*
Purpose: To investigate the diagnostic value and to establish threshold criteria for the ice pack test as an office preliminary test in the differential diagnosis of myasthenic diplopia in comparison with blepharoptosis.
Design: Prospective, comparative cohort study.
Participants: Eighty-nine patients with a recent onset of diplopia, blepharoptosis, or both were evaluated with orbital cooling in a prospective manner.