Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In recent years, it is thought that cardiovascular risk is increased in patients with nonfunctional adrenal insidentaloma (NFAI). There are not enough studies in the literature that evaluating this condition in patients with NFAI who don’t have traditional cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of our study is to determine peripheral and central blood pressures and arterial stiffness in patients with NFAI who don’t have traditional risk factors and autono...

Introduction: In a recent study, it was determined that morbidity rates due to cardiovascular diseases were affected as a result of long-term follow-up in patients with nonfunctional pituitary adenoma. And cardio/cerebro vascular diseases were the most frequent cause of mortality when mortality rates were examined. In the literature, there are not enough studies evaluating this condition in patients with nonfunctional pituitary adenoma without traditional cardiovascular risk f...

Introduction: The neuropathies are one of the most common complications seen in diabetes, affecting up to 50% of diabetic patients. Isolated or combined paralysis of 3rd, 4th and 6th cranial nerve can be seen.Case presentation: Sixty-six-year-old male patient was admitted to the neurology department with the complaints of diplopia persisting for 15 days. Cranial images revealed no abnormal findings. Patient was directed to internal medicine clinic due to...

Introduction: Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PAS) is a syndrome that is characterized by the association of two or more organ specific autoimmune disorders. Collagenous mucosal inflammatory diseases involve the columnar-lined gastric and intestinal mucosa. The coexistence of the two disease has not been reported. We have encountered a patient with a rare combination of autoimmune thyroiditis, hypoparathyroidism, primary ovarian failure and collagenous sprue. To our knowled...

Aim: It is aimed to evaluate whether arterial stiffness, which is an independent risk indicator for hyperthyroid cardiovascular diseases, is affected by pulse wave analysis (PWA) and to observe changes in patients treated with hyperthyroidism.Methods: A total of 102 volunteers were included in the study (30 in the overt hyperthyroid group, 28 in the subclinical hyperthyroid group and 14 with euthyroidism by antithyroid therapy and 30 healthy). The arteri...

Aim: To determine how serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels are affected in diabetic and diabetic nephropathic patients, it is important to determine whether PCT is indicative of an inflammation in these patients.Materials and methods: The study included 175 patients (75 diabetic nephropathy (group 1), 75 diabetic (group 2) and 25 non-diabetic nephropathy (group 3)) and 75 healthy volunteers. Serum and urine creatinine, serum high sensitive C- reactive protei...

Aim: Overt/subclinic hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are known to be associated with cardiovascular risks. There have been no studies evaluating the relationship between nodule presence and arterial stiffness in individuals with euthyroid nodular goitre. Our aim in this study is to demonstrate whether nodule presence and nodule stiffness affect arterial stiffness in individuals with euthyroid nodular goitre by using pulse wave analysis (PWA).Materials...

Background: Glycemic control affects cardiovascular risk factors positively. The purpose of this study was to assess BNP levels in patients with poor control diabetes before specific treatment for hyperthyroidism and after glycemic regulation was achieved. The study was performed in a prospective design.Methods: The study population consisted of 79 consecutive diabetic patients with poor glycemic control. All subjects underwent transthoracic echocardiogr...