Rodolfo Fonte

Dirigente medico

Raised serum TSH in morbid-obese and non-obese patients: effect on the circulating lipid profile. Rotondi M, Leporati P, Rizza MI, Clerici A, Groppelli G, Pallavicini C, La Manna A, Fonte R, Magri F, Biondi B, Chiovato L. Endocrine. 2013 Mar 23. [Epub ahead of print]

IgG4-related disease. Leporati P, Fonte R, Chiovato L. N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 26;366(17):1645; author reply 1646-7. doi:

Graves'-like orbitopathy in a patient with chronic autoimmune pancreatitis. Fonte R, Pirali B, Caramia V, Dionisio R, Lodigiani S, Sibilla L, Rotondi M, Chiovato L. Thyroid. 2011 Dec;21(12):1389-92. doi: 10.1089/thy.2011.0191. Epub 2011 Nov 8.

Interstitial laser photocoagulation for benign thyroid nodules: time to treat large nodules. Amabile G, Rotondi M, Pirali B, Dionisio R, Agozzino L, Lanza M, Buonanno L, Di Filippo B, Fonte R, Chiovato L. Lasers Surg Med. 2011 Sep;43(8):797-803. doi: 10.1002/lsm.21114.

Dilated cardiomyopathy: a possibly underestimated presentation of Cushing's disease. Rotondi M, Dionisio R, Fonte R, Caporotondi A, Guazzotti G, Baccheschi J, Febo O, Castellano M, Chiovato L. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2011 Dec;75(6):864-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04091.x. Review. No abstract available.

Burkitt-like lymphoma infiltrating a hyperfunctioning thyroid adenoma and presenting as a hot nodule. Camera A, Magri F, Fonte R, Villani L, Della Porta MG, Fregoni V, Manna LL, Chiovato L. Thyroid. 2010 Sep;20(9):1033-6. doi: 10.1089/thy.2010.0048.

A hypoechoic pattern of the thyroid at ultrasound does not indicate autoimmune thyroid diseases in patients with morbid obesity. Rotondi M, Cappelli C, Leporati P, Chytiris S, Zerbini F, Fonte R, Magri F, Castellano M, Chiovato L. Eur J Endocrinol. 2010 Jul;163(1):105-9.

Occurrence of medullary thyroid carcinoma, bronchial carcinoid tumor, and papillary thyroid carcinoma in a family bearing the RET G691S polymorphism. Rotondi M, Ercolino T, Fonte R, Lagonigro MS, Leporati P, Villani L, La Manna L, Mannelli M, Chiovato L. J Endocrinol Invest. 2009 Feb;32(2):115-8.

Raised serum TSH levels in patients with morbid obesity: is it enough to diagnose subclinical hypothyroidism? Rotondi M, Leporati P, La Manna A, Pirali B, Mondello T, Fonte R, Magri F, Chiovato L. Eur J Endocrinol. 2009 Mar;160(3):403-8. doi: 10.1530/EJE-08-0734. Epub 2008 Dec 10.

Graves' disease. Rotondi M, Fonte R, Chiovato L. N Engl J Med. 2008 Sep 25;359(13):1407-8; author reply 1409. No abstract available.

The effect of pregnancy on subsequent relapse from Graves' disease after a successful course of antithyroid drug therapy. Rotondi M, Cappelli C, Pirali B, Pirola I, Magri F, Fonte R, Castellano M, Rosei EA, Chiovato L. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Oct;93(10):3985-8. doi: 10.1210/jc.2008-0966. Epub 2008 Jul 29