Abstract
A great number of studies confirm the fact that haemostatic anomalies occur rather often in endocrine diseases. Multiple endocrine and metabolic disorders can alter the haemostatic balance and favour thrombotic risk, with stroke being the most frequent and feared clinical manifestation. Hormonal factors are important, especially in arterial thrombosis, and, to a lesser extent, in venous thrombosis. This process causes ischaemic lesions, with the most severe clinical manifestations being stroke and myocardial ischaemia.