Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Celiac disease is closely related with other autoimmune diseases. Our purpose is to examine the existence of endocrine diseases in Celiac patients.Materials and methods: Celiac patients admitted to gastroenterology clinic were referred to our endocrinology clinic between the dates of September of 2009 and June of 2010. This patient group was evaluated to see as if they had autoimmune thyroiditis, type 1 DM, primary hypoparathyroidism and primary adr...

Nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis is mostly caused by drugs, alcohol consumption or compression of muscles. Severe hyperosmolarity rarely can cause rhabdomyolysis. Our case has santral diabetes insipidus that has admitted with the clinical picture of rhabdomyolysis.Case: Twenty-six-years old male has admitted to our clinic with the complaint of weakness, nausea, vomitting, polydipsia, polyuria, difficulty in walking and tendency to sleep. Neurologic examinatio...

We have presented two cases of allergic reactions developed due to usage of insulin aspart.Case 1: Forty-years-old female patient has admitted to emergency with diabetic ketoacidosis. Parenteral hydration with saline solution and insulin infusion has been given to her in ER. After ketoacidosis picture has improved, mixture of insulin asparte and insulin asparte protamine was started as maintenance therapy. After the application of second insulin dosage, ...

Introduction: Adrenal cysts are rare usually benign and asymptomatic. Histologically, they are classified as epithelial, endothelial, parasitic and pseudocysts. Although extremely rare and clinically more dramatic cystic adrenal carcinoma and cystic pheochromocytoma must be considered in the differential diagnosis of adrenal cysts. In this report, we presented a patient with a large cystic pheochromocytoma.Case report: A 30-year-old female patient admitt...

Benign symmetric lipomatosis (BSL) is a very rare disorder characterized by the growth of uncapsulated masses of adipose tissue, predominantly located in the neck and shoulders. Benign symmetric lipomatosis is usually described in adults between 30 and 60 years of age and is slightly more frequent in men with heavy alcohol consumption. A 70-year-old woman presented with a great growth of soft tissues in the cervico-occipital region who had never consumed any alcohol. Laborator...

A 50-year-old man admitted to our institution with labile hypertension. His blood pressure was 150/90 mmHg and the pulse rate was 96 beats per minute. He had hypertensive attacks every 2–3 days. His blood pressure was found 210/110 mmHg at hypertensive attact. He had palpable thyroid nodule. Ultrasonography of the thyroid gland showed a 2.6 cm sized, irregularly marginated, calcified thyroid nodule. His serum free thyroxine (fT4), free triiodothyronine (fT3), thyrotropin ...

Introduction: Effective conventional medical treatments for obesity are limited and patients with obesity seeking alternative forms of health care for weight loss. While several previous studies have examined patterns of complementary and alternative treatment (CAT) use in different populations, limited data are available on the relationship between obesity and use of CAT. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to overview the alternative therapy methods in obese patients.</p...

Introduction: Hypokalemic periodic paralysis associated with hyperthyroidism is a well-known acute electrolyte and acute muscle disorder. Lesser known is normokalemic periodic paralysis associated with hyperthyroidism (TNPP). Because plasma potassium is normal, and it can be misdiagnosed as some other disorder if thyroid function is not evaluated. We report a case of TNPP due to non-autoimmune thyroiditis.Case report: A 23-year-old woman was admitted to ...

The relationship between increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and atherosclerosis in subclinical hypothyroidism (sHT) have been demonstrated in several studies. This relation was attributed to dyslipidemia which is common in sHT. Apo A1, apo B100, Lp (a), hsC-reactive protein (hsCRP), fibrinogen and total homocysteinemia (tHcy) are the main non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors. In addition, paraoxon 1 (PON 1) activity is an enzyme responsible for the anti-oxid...

Objective: Role of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in thyroid oncogenesis is not clear. There are few trials about relationship of TSH, thyroid hormones and autoantibodies with malignancy. We aimed to investigate thyroid function tests and malignancy in patients evaluated in thyroid disease council and decided to be managed with thyroidectomy.Method: About 272 patients were included in the study. Hyperthyroid and hypothyroid patients, patients on <smal...