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Koura S, Marinopoulos S, Papachatzopoulou E, Papapanagiotou I, Metaxas G, Giannos A, Goula K, Porfiri K, Dimopoulou C, Dimitrakakis C. P286 Quadruple Negative Breast Cancer (QNBC): outcomes in survival and comparison with the classic phenotype of TNBC. Breast 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9776(23)00404-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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Dimopoulou C, Geraedts V, Stalla GK, Sievers C. Neuropsychiatric and cardiometabolic comorbidities in patients with previously diagnosed Cushing's disease: a longitudinal observational study. BMJ Open 2015; 5:e006134. [PMID: 25818269 PMCID: PMC4386216 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Only few studies have systematically investigated neuropsychiatric aspects in patients with Cushing's disease (CD). Pain syndromes have been described in patients with pituitary adenomas, but so far no systematical investigation has been conducted in patients with CD. Additionally, CD has an association with cardiometabolic comorbidities which ultimately leads to increased morbidity and mortality. Long-term treatment of the hypercortisolic state cannot prevent the persistence of an unfavourable cardiometabolic risk profile. Finally, chronic hypercortisolism is known to impact the health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We aim to systematically investigate the neuropsychiatric and cardiometabolic comorbidities, as well as assess the HRQoL, in patients with previously diagnosed CD in a longitudinal fashion. METHODS AND ANALYSIS In this longitudinal study, we will assess 20 patients with CD displaying biochemical control 24 months after recruitment in the initial cross-sectional study (n=80). This will be a mixed cohort including patients after surgical, after radiation therapy and/or under current medical treatment for CD. Primary outcomes include changes in mean urinary free cortisol and changes in specific pain patterns. Secondary/exploratory neuropsychiatric domains include depression, anxiety, personality, sleep, body image and quality of life. Secondary/exploratory cardiometabolic domains include anthropometric parameters, cardiometabolic risk biomarkers and insulin resistance. Additional domains will be investigated if warranted by clinical indication. Safety assessment under medical therapy will include liver enzymes, ECG abnormalities and hyperglycaemia. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Risk of damage from study-conditioned measures is very small and considered ethically justified. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry may call for detailed fracture risk assessment. However, the radiation dose is very small and only administered on clinical indication; therefore, it is considered ethically justified. This protocol has been approved by the local medical ethics committee.
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- C Dimopoulou
- Department of Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (MPIP), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (MPIP), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (MPIP), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (MPIP), Munich, Germany
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Perez-Rivas L, Theodoropoulou M, Ferraù F, Nusser C, Kawaguchi K, Stratakis CA, Rueda Faucz F, Wildemberg LE, Assiè G, Beschorner R, Dimopoulou C, Buchfelder M, Popovic V, Berr C, Toth MI, Ardisasmita AI, Honegger J, Bertherat J, Gadelha M, Beuschlein F, Stalla G, Komada M, Korbonits M, Reincke M. The ubiquitin-specific peptidase 8 (USP8) gene is frequently mutated in adenomas causing Cushing's disease. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1547607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Leistner S, Dimopoulou C, Athanasoulia A, Roemmler-Zehrer J, Schopohl J, Stalla GK, Sievers C. Higher state- and trait-anxiety in patients with pituitary adenomas compared to norm values of healthy controls. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1547624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Stotz D, Stieg M, Kopczak A, Dimopoulou C, Leistner S, Auer M, Stalla G, Sievers C. Are aberrant cortisol levels prognostic factors for the development of depression in the adult population? A systematic review and metaanalysis protocol. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1547725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Dimopoulou C, Athanasoulia AP, Hanisch E, Held S, Sprenger T, Toelle TR, Roemmler-Zehrer J, Schopohl J, Stalla GK, Sievers C. Clinical characteristics of pain in patients with pituitary adenomas. Eur J Endocrinol 2014; 171:581-91. [PMID: 25117460 DOI: 10.1530/eje-14-0375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Clinical presentation of pituitary adenomas frequently involves pain, particularly headache, due to structural and functional properties of the tumour. Our aim was to investigate the clinical characteristics of pain in a large cohort of patients with pituitary disease. DESIGN In a cross-sectional study, we assessed 278 patients with pituitary disease (n=81 acromegaly; n=45 Cushing's disease; n=92 prolactinoma; n=60 non-functioning pituitary adenoma). METHODS Pain was studied using validated questionnaires to screen for nociceptive vs neuropathic pain components (painDETECT), determine pain severity, quality, duration and location (German pain questionnaire) and to assess the impact of pain on disability (migraine disability assessment, MIDAS) and quality of life (QoL). RESULTS We recorded a high prevalence of bodily pain (n=180, 65%) and headache (n=178, 64%); adrenocorticotropic adenomas were most frequently associated with pain (n=34, 76%). Headache was equally frequent in patients with macro- and microadenomas (68 vs 60%; P=0.266). According to painDETECT, the majority of the patients had a nociceptive pain component (n=193, 80%). Despite high prevalence of headache, 72% reported little or no headache-related disability (MIDAS). Modifiable factors including tumour size, genetic predisposition, previous surgery, irradiation or medical therapy did not have significant impact neither on neuropathic pain components (painDETECT) nor on headache-related disability (MIDAS). Neuropathic pain and pain-related disability correlated significantly with depression and impaired QoL. CONCLUSIONS Pain appears to be a frequent problem in pituitary disease. The data suggest that pain should be integrated in the diagnostic and therapeutic work-up of patients with pituitary disease in order to treat them appropriately and improve their QoL.
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- C Dimopoulou
- Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of EndocrinologyMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyTechnische Universität München, Munich, GermanyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IVLudwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of NeuroradiologyDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Roemmler-Zehrer J, Geigenberger V, Störmann S, Losa M, Crippa V, Otto B, Bidlingmaier M, Dimopoulou C, Stalla GK, Schopohl J. Food intake regulating hormones in adult craniopharyngioma patients. Eur J Endocrinol 2014; 170:627-35. [PMID: 24474740 DOI: 10.1530/eje-13-0832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Patients with craniopharyngioma (CP) have disturbances of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis and serious comorbidities such as obesity. We hypothesized that the secretion of hormones regulating the nutritional status is altered in adult patients with CP compared with patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA). METHODS WE INCLUDED 40 CP (50% MALES, MEAN AGE: 49.6±14.3 years) and 40 NFPA (72.5% males, mean age: 63.4±9.8 years) patients. We measured glucose, insulin, leptin, total ghrelin, peptide-YY (PYY) and cholecystokinin (CCK) during oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Fat mass (FM) was determined by dual X-ray absorptiometry. RESULTS Gender distribution was not significantly different, but CP patients were significantly younger (P<0.001). CP patients had significantly higher BMI and FM than NFPA patients (BMI 32±8 vs 28±4 kg/m(2), P=0.009 and FM 37±9 vs 33±9%, P=0.02). Fasting glucose level (84±12 vs 78±11 mg/dl, P=0.03), leptin (27.9±34.2 vs 11.9±11.6 μg/l, P=0.008) and leptin levels corrected for percentage FM (0.66±0.67 vs 0.32±0.25 μg/l%, P=0.005) were significantly higher in CP than in NFPA patients, whereas ghrelin was significantly lower (131±129 vs 191±119 ng/l, P=0.035). Insulin, PYY and CCK did not differ significantly between groups. After glucose load, leptin decreased significantly in CP patients (P=0.019). In both groups, ghrelin decreased significantly during OGTT (both P<0.001). The percentage decline was significantly smaller for CP. PYY and CCK increased equally after glucose in both groups. CONCLUSION Our patients with CP have more metabolic complications than our patients with NFPA. The levels of leptin and ghrelin at fasting status and after glucose seem to be altered in CP, whereas changes in insulin, PYY and CCK do not seem to be responsible for the metabolic changes in these patients.
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- J Roemmler-Zehrer
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Ziemssenstraße 1, 80336 München, Germany
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Schmid MV, Bagchi S, Bönig S, Csatlós M, Dillmann I, Dimopoulou C, Egelhof P, Eremin V, Furuno T, Geissel H, Gernhäuser R, Harakeh MN, Hartig AL, Ilieva S, Kalantar-Nayestanaki N, Kiselev O, Kollmus H, Kozhuharov C, Krasznahorkay A, Kröll T, Kuilman M, Litvinov S, Litvinov YA, Mahjour-Shafiei M, Mutterer M, Nagae D, Najafi MA, Nociforo C, Nolden F, Popp U, Rigollet C, Roy S, Scheidenberger C, Steck M, Streicher B, Stuhl L, Thürauf M, Uesaka T, Weick H, Winfield JS, Winters D, Woods PJ, Yamaguchi T, Yue K, Zamora JC, Zenihiro J. First EXL experiment with stored radioactive beam: Proton scattering on56Ni. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146603093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Dimopoulou C, Pickel J, Stalla GK. Effectiveness and tolerability of lanreotide in acromegaly – preliminary data from a german database analysis. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1372143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dimopoulou C, Schopohl J, Rachinger W, Buchfelder M, Honegger J, Reincke M, Stalla GK. Long-term remission and recurrence rates after first and second transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease: care reality in the Munich Metropolitan Region. Eur J Endocrinol 2014; 170:283-92. [PMID: 24217937 DOI: 10.1530/eje-13-0634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) presents the treatment of choice for Cushing's disease (CD). Remission and recurrence rates vary dependent on tumor size, extension, adenoma visibility on magnetic resonance imaging, and neurosurgical expertise. Other than published from single-surgeon neurosurgical series so far, we have aimed to describe long-term remission and recurrence rates of CD in a series incorporating different neurosurgeons, trying to reflect care reality in the Munich Metropolitan Region, which is accommodated by three tertiary university and multiple, smaller neurosurgical centers. DESIGN We conducted a retrospective analysis of 120 patients who underwent first and 36 patients who underwent second TSS as treatment for CD between 1990 and 2012. METHODS Patients were divided into three groups according to remission status. Potential risk factors for recurrence, pituitary function, and strategy in persistent disease were assessed. RESULTS THREE OUTCOME GROUPS WERE IDENTIFIED ACCORDING TO REMISSION STATUS AFTER FIRST TSS (MEAN FOLLOW-UP 79 MONTHS): remission, 71% (85/120), disease persistence, 29% (35/120), and disease recurrence, 34% (29/85) (mean time to recurrence 54 months). After second TSS (n=36, mean follow-up 62 months), we documented remission in 42% (15/36), disease persistence in 58% (21/36), and disease recurrence in 40% (6/15) (mean time to recurrence 42 months). Postoperative hypocortisolism after first, though not after second, TSS was associated with a lower risk of suffering disease recurrence (risk=0.72; 95% CI 0.60-0.88; exact significance (two-sided) P=0.035). CONCLUSIONS Our study shows higher recurrence rates of CD after first TSS than previously reported. Second TSS leads an additional 8% of the patients to long-term CD remission.
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- C Dimopoulou
- Department of Endocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 Munich, Germany
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Bazrafshan H, Auer MK, Dimopoulou C, Stieg M, Athanasoulia AP, Stalla GK. Management of hyperglycemia during pasireotide treatment. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1359438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Stieg M, Auer MK, Dimopoulou C, Athanasoulia AP, Stalla GK. First report of an AIP mutation in Nelson's syndrome successfully treated with the novel multireceptor-targeted somatostatin analogue pasireotide (SOM230). Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1359457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kosilek RP, Schopohl J, Grunke M, Reincke M, Dimopoulou C, Stalla GK, Würtz RP, Lammert A, Günther M, Schneider HJ. Automatic face classification of Cushing's syndrome in women - a novel screening approach. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2013; 121:561-4. [PMID: 23864496 DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1349124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cushing's syndrome causes considerable harm to the body if left untreated, yet often remains undiagnosed for prolonged periods of time. In this study we aimed to test whether face classification software might help in discriminating patients with Cushing's syndrome from healthy controls. DESIGN Diagnostic study. PATIENTS Using a regular digital camera, we took frontal and profile pictures of 20 female patients with Cushing's syndrome and 40 sex- and age-matched controls. MEASUREMENTS Semi-automatic analysis of the pictures was performed by comparing texture and geometry within a grid of nodes placed on the pictures. The leave-one-out cross-validation method was employed to classify subjects by the software. RESULTS The software correctly classified 85.0% of patients and 95.0% of controls, resulting in a total classification accuracy of 91.7%. CONCLUSIONS In this preliminary analysis we found a good classification accuracy of Cushing's syndrome by face classification software. Testing accuracy is comparable to that of currently employed screening tests.
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- R P Kosilek
- Med. Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Roemmler J, Geigenberger V, Dimopoulou C, Sievers C, Stalla G, Schopohl J. Patients with craniopharyngioma (CP) score higher in questionnaires of eating disorders than patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA). Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1336689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dimopoulou C, Ising M, Pfister H, Schopohl J, Stalla GK, Sievers C. Increased prevalence of anxiety-associated personality traits in patients with Cushing's disease: a cross-sectional study. Neuroendocrinology 2013; 97:139-45. [PMID: 22572774 DOI: 10.1159/000338408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2011] [Accepted: 03/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Chronic hypercortisolism in Cushing's disease (CD) has been suggested to contribute to an altered personality profile in these patients. We aimed to test this hypothesis and attempted to determine the effects of disease- and treatment-related factors that might moderate an altered personality in CD. METHODS We assessed 50 patients with CD (74% biochemically controlled) and compared them to 60 patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA) and 100 age- and gender-matched mentally healthy controls. Personality was measured by two standardized personality questionnaires, TPQ (Cloninger personality questionnaire) and EPQ-RK (Eysenck personality questionnaire-RK). RESULTS Compared to mentally healthy controls, CD patients reported significantly less novelty-seeking behaviour, including less exploratory excitability and less extravagance. On harm avoidant subscales, they presented with more anticipatory worries and pessimism, higher fear of uncertainty, shyness with strangers, fatigability and asthenia. Moreover, CD patients appeared to be less extraverted, more neurotic and socially desirable. CD patients differed from NFPA patients in terms of higher neuroticism scores, and NFPA patients did not show altered novelty-seeking behaviour or extraversion. In the subgroup analysis, CD patients with persistent hypercortisolism displayed significantly higher fear of uncertainty, fatigability and asthenia, indicating high harm avoidance in total, than those in biochemical remission. CONCLUSION Patients with CD showed a distinct pattern of personality traits associated with high anxiety in combination with traits of low externalizing behaviour. Such personality changes should be taken into account in the diagnosis and treatment of CD patients, as they might interfere with the patient-physician communication and/or challenge the patients' social and psychological functioning.
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- C Dimopoulou
- Department of Endocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany. dimopoulou @ mpipsykl.mpg.de
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Sievers C, Sämann PG, Pfister H, Dimopoulou C, Czisch M, Roemmler J, Schopohl J, Stalla GK, Zihl J. Cognitive function in acromegaly: description and brain volumetric correlates. Pituitary 2012; 15:350-7. [PMID: 21735089 DOI: 10.1007/s11102-011-0326-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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In acromegaly, we reported on increased rates of affective disorders such as dysthymia and depression, as well as structural brain changes. Objective of this study was to determine if cognitive impairments in patients with acromegaly exist and whether such impairments are associated with structural brain alterations defined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In this cross-sectional study, 55 patients with biochemically confirmed acromegaly were enrolled. MRI data were compared with 87 control subjects. Main outcome measures were performance levels in 13 cognitive tests covering the domains of attention, memory and executive function, with performance below the cut-off level of the 16th percentile rated as impaired. In addition, individual global and hippocampal volume changes were defined for each patient in reference to a normative sample. We found that up to 33.3% of the patients were impaired in the attention, up to 24.1% in the memory, and up to 16.7% in the executive function domain. 67.3% of the patients failed to reach the cut-off level in at least one subtest. MRI demonstrated increased global, left and right hippocampal grey matter and white matter, particularly early in the disease course. Rather few positive than expected negative correlations could be established between the hippocampal grey matter gain and cognitive performance. Cognitive dysfunction, particularly attentional deficits, are common in acromegaly, rendering neuropsychological testing essential in the diagnostic work-up.
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- Caroline Sievers
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr. 2-10, 80804, Munich, Germany.
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Dimopoulou C, Ormanns S, Eigenbrod S, Müller-Lisse U, Emmerich B, Reincke M. Extramedullary multiple myeloma presenting as a pituitary mass lesion. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2012; 120:501-4. [PMID: 22851185 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1321810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION A plasmocytoma involving the pituitary gland is an extremely rare entity, with approximately 22 cases of solitary myeloma or multiple myeloma presenting with sellar mass reported in the literature so far. CASE REPORT Here, we report the case of a 71-year-old female patient affected by an extramedullary IgG-lambda multiple myeloma presenting as a pituitary mass lesion. We summarize the diagnostic approaches that confirmed the diagnosis of multiple myeloma and describe treatment outcome after therapy. DISCUSSION Intrasellar plasmocytoma though rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a pituitary mass lesion, since associated with different therapeutic and prognostic implications. Physicians should be alert for intrasellar plasma cell tumors in case of well preserved anterior pituitary function in combination with cranial nerve neuropathies and sellar destruction.
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- C Dimopoulou
- Medizinische Klinik Campus Innenstadt, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany.
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Dimopoulou C, Sievers C, Bidlingmaier M, Stalla G. A case of an acromegalic patient resistant to the recommended maximum GH receptor antagonist dosage. Hippokratia 2012; 16:80-82. [PMID: 23930065 PMCID: PMC3738401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The competitive GH receptor antagonist pegvisomant is reported to normalise IGF-1 levels in up to 97 % of acromegalic patients at a maximum dosage of 40 mg/d. Description of Case: We present an acromegalic patient resistant to the recommended maximum GH receptor antagonist dosage. The 60-year-old male patient presenting with typical clinical signs of acromegaly has underwent multiple transsphenoidal surgeries and pituitary irradiation, while currently available pharmacological therapies for acromegaly have been exhausted. RESULTS Biochemical control of the disease could only be achieved until uptitration of pegvisomant to 60 mg/d which was tolerated well. CONCLUSIONS The current treatment algorithm for acromegaly should be modified to treat cases of persistent and uncontrolled disease.
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- C Dimopoulou
- Dept. of Neuroendocrinology, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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Reed MW, Cullen IJ, Walker PM, Litvinov YA, Blaum K, Bosch F, Brandau C, Carroll JJ, Cullen DM, Deo AY, Detwiller B, Dimopoulou C, Dracoulis GD, Farinon F, Geissel H, Haettner E, Heil M, Kempley RS, Knöbel R, Kozhuharov C, Kurcewicz J, Kuzminchuk N, Litvinov S, Liu Z, Mao R, Nociforo C, Nolden F, Plass WR, Prochazka A, Scheidenberger C, Steck M, Stöhlker T, Sun B, Swan TPD, Trees G, Weick H, Winckler N, Winkler M, Woods PJ, Yamaguchi T. Discovery of highly excited long-lived isomers in neutron-rich hafnium and tantalum isotopes through direct mass measurements. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:172501. [PMID: 21231037 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.172501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A study of cooled ¹⁹⁷Au projectile-fragmentation products has been performed with a storage ring. This has enabled metastable nuclear excitations with energies up to 3 MeV, and half-lives extending to minutes or longer, to be identified in the neutron-rich nuclides ¹⁸³(,)¹⁸⁴(,)¹⁸⁶Hf and ¹⁸⁶(,)¹⁸⁷Ta. The results support the prediction of a strongly favored isomer region near neutron number 116.
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- M W Reed
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.
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Dimopoulou C, Fulda S, Pfister H, Schopohl J, Stalla GK, Sievers C. Sleep quality and daytime sleepiness in patients with Cushing's disease and patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1267006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Dimopoulou C, Sievers C, Wittchen HU, Pieper L, Klotsche J, Roemmler J, Schopohl J, Schneider HJ, Stalla GK. Adverse anthropometric risk profile in biochemically controlled acromegalic patients: comparison with an age- and gender-matched primary care population. Pituitary 2010; 13:207-14. [PMID: 20131100 PMCID: PMC2913005 DOI: 10.1007/s11102-010-0218-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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GH and IGF-1 play an important role in the regulation of metabolism and body composition. In patients with uncontrolled acromegaly, cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are increased but are supposed to be normalised after biochemical control is achieved. We aimed at comparing body composition and the cardiovascular risk profile in patients with controlled acromegaly and controls. A cross-sectional study. We evaluated anthropometric parameters (height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist and hip circumference, waist to height ratio) and, additionally, cardiovascular risk biomarkers (fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c, triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and lipoprotein (a), in 81 acromegalic patients (58% cured) compared to 320 age- and gender-matched controls (ratio 1:4), sampled from the primary care patient cohort DETECT. The whole group of 81 acromegalic patients presented with significantly higher anthropometric parameters, such as weight, BMI, waist and hip circumference, but with more favourable cardiovascular risk biomarkers, such as fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL levels, in comparison to their respective controls. Biochemically controlled acromegalic patients again showed significantly higher measurements of obesity, mainly visceral adiposity, than age- and gender-matched control patients (BMI 29.5 +/- 5.9 vs. 27.3 +/- 5.8 kg/m(2); P = 0.020; waist circumference 100.9 +/- 16.8 vs. 94.8 +/- 15.5 cm; P = 0.031; hip circumference 110.7 +/- 9.9 vs. 105.0 +/- 11.7 cm; P = 0.001). No differences in the classical cardiovascular biomarkers were detected except for fasting plasma glucose and triglycerides. This effect could not be attributed to a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the acromegalic patient group, since stratified analyses between the subgroup of patients with acromegaly and controls, both with type 2 diabetes mellitus, revealed that there were no significant differences in the anthropometric measurements. Biochemically cured acromegalic patients pertain an adverse anthropometric risk profile, mainly because of elevated adiposity measurements, such as BMI, waist and hip circumference, compared to an age- and gender-matched primary care population.
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- C Dimopoulou
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Endocrinology, Munich, Germany.
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Sievers C, Ising M, Pfister H, Dimopoulou C, Schneider HJ, Roemmler J, Schopohl J, Stalla GK. Personality in patients with pituitary adenomas is characterized by increased anxiety-related traits: comparison of 70 acromegalic patients with patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas and age- and gender-matched controls. Eur J Endocrinol 2009; 160:367-73. [PMID: 19073833 DOI: 10.1530/eje-08-0896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although neuropsychiatric and morphological brain alterations in acromegalic patients have been described and a distinct disease personality is clinically suspected, this has never been systematically investigated. We examined whether patients with acromegaly showed an altered personality profile compared with patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas and healthy controls. DESIGN AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 70 acromegalic patients and 58 patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas were compared with 140 mentally healthy population controls, matched for age and gender. Personality traits were measured by standardized personality questionnaires (Eysenck personality questionnaire-RK and tridimensional personality questionnaire). RESULTS Compared with healthy controls, acromegalic patients described themselves as distinctly more harm avoidant and neurotic and presented themselves with high social conformity. On harm avoidant subscales, they reported more anticipatory worries and pessimism, higher fear of uncertainty, higher fatigability and asthenia. This personality pattern was not specific for acromegaly, but could similarly be observed in patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas. However, specific for patients with GH-producing adenomas was an even more reduced novelty-seeking behaviour, especially in terms of lower impulsiveness, compared with patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas. CONCLUSION Patients with pituitary adenomas show a distinct pattern of increased anxiety-related personality traits compared with the general population, potentially as a result of the pituitary lesion and/or associated hormonal dysregulations and comorbidities. Acromegaly is additionally associated with reduced impulsivity and novelty-seeking behaviour, which might affect patients' management and their quality of life.
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- C Sievers
- Department of Endocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
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Sievers C, Sämann PG, Dose T, Dimopoulou C, Spieler D, Roemmler J, Schopohl J, Mueller M, Schneider HJ, Czisch M, Pfister H, Stalla GK. Macroscopic brain architecture changes and white matter pathology in acromegaly: a clinicoradiological study. Pituitary 2009; 12:177-85. [PMID: 18836838 PMCID: PMC2712618 DOI: 10.1007/s11102-008-0143-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Although long-term exposure of the brain to increased GH/IGF-1 likely influences cerebral functions, no in vivo studies have been directed towards changes of the brain structure in acromegaly. Here, we used high resolution magnetic resonance images to compare volumes of gray matter (GM), white matter (WM) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of forty-four patients with acromegaly to an age and gender matched, healthy control group (n = 44). In addition, white matter lesions (WMLs) were quantified and graded. Patients exhibited larger GM (+3.7% compared with controls, P = 0.018) and WM volumes (+5.1%, P = 0.035) at the expense of CSF. Differences of WML counts between patients and controls were subtle, however, showing more patients in the 21-40 lesions category (P = 0.044). In conclusion, this MRI study provides first evidence that acromegalic patients exhibit disturbances of the macroscopic brain tissue architecture. Furthermore, acromegalic patients may have an increased risk of neurovascular pathology, likely due to secondary metabolic and vascular comorbidities.
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- C Sievers
- Department of Endocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany.
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Sievers C, Dimopoulou C, Pfister H, Roemmler J, Schopohl J, Schneider HJ, Zihl J, Stalla GK. Cognitive dysfunction in acromegaly: a clinical study in 55 patients. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1096356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bazarra-Castro MA, Sievers C, Dimopoulou C, Stalla GK. Hormonal treatment effects in transsexuals: a survey at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (MPIP) in Munich. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1096373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Dimopoulou C, Sievers C, Sprenger T, Roemmler J, Schopohl J, Stalla GK. Pain characteristics in acromegalic patients compared to patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1096357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Litvinov YA, Bosch F, Geissel H, Kurcewicz J, Patyk Z, Winckler N, Batist L, Beckert K, Boutin D, Brandau C, Chen L, Dimopoulou C, Fabian B, Faestermann T, Fragner A, Grigorenko L, Haettner E, Hess S, Kienle P, Knöbel R, Kozhuharov C, Litvinov SA, Maier L, Mazzocco M, Montes F, Münzenberg G, Musumarra A, Nociforo C, Nolden F, Pfützner M, Plass WR, Prochazka A, Reda R, Reuschl R, Scheidenberger C, Steck M, Stöhlker T, Torilov S, Trassinelli M, Sun B, Weick H, Winkler M. Measurement of the beta+ and orbital electron-capture decay rates in fully ionized, hydrogenlike, and heliumlike 140Pr ions. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 99:262501. [PMID: 18233571 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.262501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We report on the first measurement of the beta+ and orbital electron-capture decay rates of 140Pr nuclei with the simplest electron configurations: bare nuclei, hydrogenlike, and heliumlike ions. The measured electron-capture decay constant of hydrogenlike 140Pr58+ ions is about 50% larger than that of heliumlike 140Pr57+ ions. Moreover, 140Pr ions with one bound electron decay faster than neutral 140Pr0+ atoms with 59 electrons. To explain this peculiar observation one has to take into account the conservation of the total angular momentum, since only particular spin orientations of the nucleus and of the captured electron can contribute to the allowed decay.
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- Yu A Litvinov
- Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung GSI, Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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Sievers C, Dimopoulou C, Pfister H, Lieb R, Steffin B, Roemmler J, Schopohl J, Mueller M, Schneider HJ, Ising M, Wittchen HU, Stalla GK. A shifted psychopathological risk profile in acromegalic patients? Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-990445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Sievers C, Dimopoulou C, Pfister H, Lieb R, Steffin B, Roemmler J, Schopohl J, Schneider HJ, Ising M, Wittchen HU, Saemann PG, Czisch M, Wendl A, Zihl J, Stalla GK. Acromegalic patients: more depressed, without panic? The 'endocrine psychosyndrome' of acromegaly revised. Pharmacopsychiatry 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Dimopoulou C, Yassouridis A, Schneider HJ, Stalla GK, Sievers C. Relationship of acromegaly treatment efficacy to metabolic parameters – a retrospective single center analysis. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Dürr M, Dimopoulou C, Najjari B, Dorn A, Ullrich J. Three-dimensional images for electron-impact single ionization of He: complete and comprehensive (e, 2e) benchmark data. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 96:243202. [PMID: 16907237 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.243202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2005] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Comprehensive fully differential cross sections for electron emission into all three spatial dimensions are presented for 1 keV and 102 eV electron-impact single ionization of helium using an advanced reaction microscope. Surprising out-of-plane contributions, traced back to an interference term in a perturbation expansion by comparison with ion-impact data, severely challenge theoretical models that accurately predict coplanar emission. The data represent the ultimate benchmark for recently developed exact theoretical descriptions of the most fundamental three-body quantum problems.
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- M Dürr
- Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Dimopoulou C, Moshammer R, Fischer D, Höhr C, Dorn A, Fainstein PD, Crespo López Urrutia JR, Schröter CD, Kollmus H, Mann R, Hagmann S, Ullrich J. Breakup of H2 in singly ionizing collisions with fast protons: channel-selective low-energy electron spectra. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 93:123203. [PMID: 15447262 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.123203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Dissociative as well as nondissociative single ionization of H2 by 6 MeV proton impact has been studied in a kinematically complete experiment by measuring the momentum vectors of the electron and the H+ fragment or the H+2 target ion, respectively. For the two ionization pathways, the electron spectra reveal the role of autoionization of the doubly and singly excited states of H2. The latter explicitly involve the coupling between the electronic and the nuclear motion of the molecule. This is a clear manifestation of a breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation.
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- C Dimopoulou
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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L pez-Urrutia JRC, Braun J, Brenner G, Bruhns H, Dimopoulou C, Dragani IN, Fischer D, Mart nez AJGL, Lapierre A, Mironov V, Moshammer R, Orts RS, Tawara H, Trinczek M, Ullrich J. Progress at the Heidelberg EBIT. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2/1/006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kondi-Pafitis A, Kairi E, Kontogianni KI, Dimopoulou C, Sikiotis K, Smyrniotis V. Immunopathological study of mesonephric lesions of cervix uteri and vagina. EUR J GYNAECOL ONCOL 2003; 24:154-6. [PMID: 12701967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Seventeen cases of mesonephric cervical remnants, four cases of mesonephric cervical carcinoma and nine vaginal Gardner cysts were studied by histochemical and immunohistochemical methods for the presence of mucin, proteoglucans, glucogen, CEA, cytokeratins, secretory component and vimentin. Mesonephric lesions in contrast to endocervical glandular lesions are negative for mucin, glucogen, CEA, and secretory component and positive for vimentin, and broad spectrum cytokeratins. Mesonephric carcinomas present certain immunopathological characteristics that permit their identification and proper treatment.
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- A Kondi-Pafitis
- Pathology Laboratory and 2nd Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Areteion University Hospital, Athens Medical School Athens, Greece
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Kondi-Pafiti A, Spanidou-Carvouni H, Dimopoulou C, Kontogianni CI. Endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising in uteri with incomplete fusion of Mullerian ducts. Report of three cases. EUR J GYNAECOL ONCOL 2003; 24:83-4. [PMID: 12691326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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The clinicopathological findings of three cases of endometrial adenocarcinoma arising in uteri with developmental anomalies are described.
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- A Kondi-Pafiti
- Pathology Department, Areteion University Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Kondi-Pafiti A, Kairi-Vassilatou E, Frangou-Plemenou M, Dimopoulou C, Englezou M, Sykiotis K. Immunohistochemical investigation of p-53, C-NEU and EGFR expression in HPV-related epidermoid endometrial carcinoma. EUR J GYNAECOL ONCOL 2002; 23:70-1. [PMID: 11876398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Epidermoid carcinoma (PSCC) of the endometrium is a rare form of endometrial cancer that constitutes about 0.1% of all malignant epithelial tumors of the uterus. The diagnosis of PSCC is based on strict criteria and is made in the absence of a glandular component of the tumor. Squamous cell carcinoma of the endometrium should enter the differential diagnosis in postmenopausal patients in the presence of atypical squamous cells in the uterine curettage, while the cervical biopsies are negative for malignancy. The presence of HPV should be investigated as well, so that its pathogenetic relation is clarified. While no significant relation was found to p-53, C-NEU and EGFR expression this investigation must be continued because. HPV may interact with tumor suppressor genes.
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- A Kondi-Pafiti
- Pathology Department, Areteion Hospital, Athens University, Greece
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