ABSTRACT The Female Athlete Triad (Triad) and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) are conditions associated with low energy availability (EA) that can lead to menstrual dysfunction, impaired bone health, and metabolic disturbances. This case report describes the remission of Triad in a professional triathlete during the COVID-19 pandemic. A 24-year-old female triathlete was evaluated in 2018. She reported bulimia nervosa from 12–15 years old and hypothalamic amenorrhea since she was 21 years old. Her training volume was approximately 20 […]

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate lumbar bone mineral density (BMD) in girls with eating disorders in the beginning of the treatment, at six months, and after one year of treatment. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This prospective study involved 35 female adolescents with AN or EDNOS treated during one year. Lumbar (L1-L4) bone mineral density by DXA was performed in the beginning of treatment, at six months, and after one year of treatment. RESULTS: There was improvement in weight, length, BMI, bone age (p […]

Tumoral hyperprolactinemia and consequent hypogonadism have been associated with osteoporosis. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by dual-energy RX absorptiometry in 24 patients with prolactinoma (15 macro and 9 micro adenomas; age range = 18 to 49 years). Student unpaired t or Mann-Whitney tests were used to compare groups, and Spearman test studied correlations. Lumbar spine (LS) was the most affected, as LS Z-score was < -2 SD in 20.83% of the patients. No difference was found in densitometric parameters […]

Liver cirrhosis (LC) is one of the chronic diseases associated to hypogonadism (HG), which has a varied etiology in relation to the target organ of the gonadal axis affected. We evaluated 82 patients with LC of different etiologies, to ascertain the prevalence of HG. Non-physiological HG was diagnosed in 63 cases (76,8%). This diagnosis was initially established on clinical bases. In men, loss of libido (68,8%), erectile dysfunction (53,8%), female distribution of pubic hair (53,1%), testicular atrophy (55,3%), and gynecomastia […]