Endocrine Abstracts

Acromegaly is a chronic condition associated with an increased risk of cancer.Case presentation: A 41-year-old man admitted to our hospital with gluteal and scapular mass. He had a clinical history of acromegaly which had been diagnosed two years ago, and was treated with trans-sphenoidal surgery. After surgery, although remission was not achieved, he had no doctor visit and control. On physical examination he had typical acromegalic features and there w...

Introduction: Hoffman’s syndrome is a rare form of hypothyroid myopathy characterised with muscle hypertrophy, stiffness and wakefulness.Case report: A 43-years-old woman admitted to our hospital with a complaint of fatigue and progressive muscular weakness with cramps and myalgia started 3 months before.Thyroid gland examination was normal. On neurological examination she had proximal and lower limb muscle weakness(3/4) and hyporeflexia. Her calf m...

Although adrenal gland involvement may be seen in patients with diffuse (non-Hodgkin) lymphoma, primary adrenal lymphoma is quite rare and adrenal insufficiency accompanies the clinical picture in 2/3 of cases.Case: A 70-year-old male patient presenting with anorexia and weight loss was referred to our clinic for bilateral adrenal masses, which were detected by abdominal computerized tomography (CT) as 5.2×5.2×2.7 cm in the right adrenal and 11...

Aim: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) suppression treatment may have a detrimental effect on bone tissue in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients. The current study aimed to investigate vertebral fracture, bone mineral density measurements, and TSH levels in DTC patients under levothyroxine (LT4) suppression treatment after total thyroidectomy and/or radioiodine ablation therapy in a multicentric setting.Material and Method: This multicentric cro...

Objective: SAGIT, a new instrument designed for therapeutic decision, is not routinely used yet. While the medical treatment was mostly planned according to disease activity by hormonal evaluation, the therapeutic decision has tried to be standardized with the SAGIT instrument. The aim of this study is to reassess the therapeutic decisions by clinicians in the management of acromegaly according to the SAGIT instrument.Material and Method: This multicente...

Background: Hypophysitis is a rare group of disease characterized with infla mmation of the pituitary gland. Rarity of the disease obviates development of a treatment strategy. We aimed to present the nationwide data of the demographics, clinical and radiological characteristics, treatment modalities and responses of the patients diagnosed with hypophysitis in a retrospective manner.Methods: The endocrinology clinics all over the country were invited to ...