Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: In this case report we present a newly diagnosed, underweight type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) patient developed insulin oedema following high dose insulin therapy.Case: A 18-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with a 1-month history of excessive water consumption, pollakiuria, polyuria, and weight loss 6 kg. In laboratory examination, hyperglycaemia and ketonuria were detected; arterial blood pH was 7.38. Patient was hospitalised to the...

Introduction: It is unclear whether ultrasonographic (US) findings and fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) results of nodules accompanied with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) are affected by the presence of thyroiditis or not. In this study, we compared US features and cytological results of nodules in patients with and without HT.Methods: Patients who underwent FNAB in our clinic were evaluated prospectively. Nodules in patients with and without HT w...

Aim: Exophytic nodule refers to a nodule that sticks out of the normal thyroid boundary/outline. Other definition is a nodule with an acute angle between the lesion and adjacent thyroid capsule. In the literature, one study reported that thyroid nodules with exophytic configuration showed a high malignancy rate. We aimed to compare ultrasonographical features and cytopathologic results of exophytic and non-exophytic thyroid nodules.Material and method: T...

Aim: Hyperinsulinaemia is frequent finding in patients with hyperprolactinemia and has associations with thyroid volume. In this study, we evaluated the association between thrombotic markers, insulin resistance, CIMT, and thyroid volume in female patients with prolactinoma.Material and methods: 38 women with prolactinoma and 24 healthy women were included to the study. We evaluated anthropometric, biochemical, hematologic and hormonal parameters as well...

Introduction: Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a disease characterized by excessive thirst, polydipsia and excess diluted urine caused by insufficiency of antidiuretic hormone or renal resistance to its effect. Although it is generally a benign condition, severe hypernatremia and hypertonicity may cause death if water loss is not compensated.Case report: A 72-years-old man admitted to our clinic for routine control. In medical history, he told that when he was...

Introduction: Leri–Weill dyschondrosteosis (LWD) is a rare autosomal dominant dyschondrosteosis characterised by Madelung deformity and mesomelic dwarfism. Majority of cases are associated with haploinsufficiency of the short-stature homeobox-containing (SHOX) gene. Here we report a patient with LWD and diabetes mellitus (DM).Case report: A 31 years old man applied with polyuria and polydipsia. He did not have any chronic disease. In family history,...

Background: Hypokalemia is a chronic condition in primary aldosteronism (PA) and hypokalemia symptoms usually can be tolerated by the patients. Hypokalemic periodic paralysis due to primary aldosteronism is rarely reported. We reported two cases of hypokalemic paralysis due to primary aldosteronism.Case 1: A 33-year-old male admitted to the emergency service with fatigue, numbness, progressive weakness in his legs and arms for 2 months. He had a hyperten...

Background: Postoperative severe polyuria is a rare condition after adrenal pheochromocytoma resection. We presented this case due to its rarity.Case: A 50-year-old women admitted to emergency service with malaise and fatigue complaint. The patient was using triple antihypertensive combination that started 10 years ago. Her medical history included cerebrovascular event due to hypertension 5 years ago. In physical examination her BMI was 20 kg/m2</s...

Background: Hypogonadism is related to additional endocrine abnormalities. Thyroid abnormalities may be common in hypogonadism patients, although this association is not clear.Objective: In this study, we examined the incidence of thyroid disorders in hypogonadisms.Methods: A case–control study of 68 hypogonadal patients and 74 age-matched healthy controls from the general population was conducted. Thyroid function, thyroid vo...

Background: Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by production of excess thyroid hormones by thyroid gland, which is called hyperthyroidism. Generally, clinical presentations of Graves’ disease range from asymptomatic disease to overt symptomatic hyperthyroidism with heat intolerance, tremor, palpitation, weight loss, and increased appetite. Single-cell lineage haematological abnormalities, such as anemia, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia,...