Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionSARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus rapidly spread throughout the world.. As it is already known, several endocrine organs do express ACE2, namely, pancreas, thyroid, testis, ovary, adrenal glands, and pituitary We report a patient diagnosed with pituitary incidentaloma and Covid-19. We would like to introduce our experience in treating patient with pituitary incidentaloma and covid-19.Materials and methods<p class="a...

Background: COVID-19 is the pandemic of the new millennium. COVID-19 patients with comorbidities including hypothyroidism could develop a life-threatening situation. We would like to introduce the clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism that can aggravate COVID-19.Case Presentation: A 78-yo woman was admitted to Heratsi University hospital with general weakness and shortness of breath. She had a history of Hypertension and Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia...

Introduction: Radiation treatment is used for patients with secreting and non-secreting pituitary adenomas, residual pituitary adenomas, or recurrent pituitary adenomas to achieve long term disease control. The hypothalamic–pituitary unit is a particularly radiosensitive region in the central nervous system and pituitary hormone deficiencies are the commonest late complication of radiotherapy, which usually occur after several years. The development of hormone deficiencie...

Introduction: Hypocalcemia is defined as a decreased level of calcium in the blood. The presentation of hypocalcemia varies widely, from asymptomatic to life-threatening. The most common cause of chronic hypocalcemia is postsurgical hypoparathyroidism. This may occur after removal of all parathyroid tissue during thyroidectomy and radical neck dissection for malignancies or after inadvertent interruption of the blood supply to the parathyroid glands during head and neck surger...

Introduction: The thyroid gland and COVID-19 infection with its associated inflammatory-immune responses are known to be engaged in complex interplay. Until now, the evidence on the outcome of COVID-19 in patients with a history of thyroid cancer remains scarce, and most of the recommendations given are based on common sense.Case report: A 71-year-old man was admitted to Mikaelyan University hospital with general weakness shortness of breath, hiccup and ...