[Endocrine disorders and principles of their correction in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and concomitant diabetes mellitus].

The performance of the insular system of the pancreatic gland was studied in 111 pulmonary tuberculosis patients who suffered from diabetes mellitus as were the functions of thyroid and pituitary-adrenal glands assessed by the blood content of C-peptide, T3, T4, TTH, ACTH and circadian excretion of 17-OCS. It was stated that the combined pathology was accompanied with pronounced endocrine disorders, pancreatic incretory function was found to be depended both on the pattern and severity of diabetes mellitus course and clinical manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis. In combined disease high frequency of absolute and relative insufficiency of hypophyseal adrenocortical performance and adrenal glucocorticoid performance occurs.