Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Euthyroid patients undergoing thyroidectomy were reported to gain weight than their matched counterparts. The etiology is still unknown. Serum adiponectin and leptin levels are related to fat mass and thyroid hormones. We aimed to evaluate the influence of thyroidectomy on body composition, serum adiponectin, leptin levels in euthyroid obese and non-obese patients who underwent total thyroidectomy for goiter.Methods: We conducted a prospective...

Objective: Rosacea is an inflammatory dermatosis. Telangiectasias, edema, erythema, and acneiform eruptions are the main symptoms. Several genetic and environmental factors have been linked to rosacea; however, the etiology of the disease is still not known. It is considered a systemic disease rather than a skin disorder. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are substances people are exposed to through water, food, self-care products, and the environment. They interfere with normal ...

Background: Cranial diabetes insipidus (DI) is characterised by the inability to produce vasopressin leading to uncontrolled diuresis. Management includes administering synthetic vasopressin analogue desmopressin (DDAVP). Recently, there have been several national reports of DDAVP omission causing serious patient harm. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of an automated alert system using Natural Language Processing (NLP) in electronic health records (EHR) to detect DI...

Objective: The study aims to investigate the association between asymptomatic pyuria/bacteriuria at the initiation of SGLT2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and urinary tract infection (UTI) risk in a cohort of women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (NCT05520684).Methods: The female outpatients with T2DM under follow-up in the department of internal medicine and initiated SGLT2i (dapagliflozin/empagliflozin) were included between February and September 2022. Excl...

Background: A rare cause of ectopic Cushing’s Syndrome (ECS) is pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasm (NEN) with a broad spectrum of clinical behavior. At the time of diagnosis, pulmonary NENs may present as occult tumors or well-defined round-to-oval lesions in close relationship to the bronchus. Herein, we describe a NEN that developed ECS three years later in a patient followed up for a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN).Case Presentation: A 56-year-old...

Introduction: Although the thyroid isthmus seems like a structure that connects bilateral lobes, it is an undiscovered area that needs to be explored. Currently, the data is evolving that the increase in the risk of malignancy is higher in the isthmic nodules, and extrathyroidal extensions and lymph node metastases are more common in isthmic-derived malignant thyroid nodules. Therefore, we aimed to compare the malignancy rate of isthmic and lobar nodules, the ultrasonographic ...

Background: Radioiodine (RAI) therapy has been used for a long time in benign and malign diseases of the thyroid gland. During the application of radioiodine treatment, parathyroid glands may also be exposed to radiation due to its close proximity to the thyroid gland. There is interest in the effects of RAI treatment on parathyroid functions in clinical studies. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the dose of RAI treatment for benign or malignant thyroid diseases has...

Introduction: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a subtype of thyroid carcinomas with an aggressive form. Anaplastic thyroid carcinomas are thought to develop as a result of differentiation of well-differentiated thyroid cancers. Anaplastic transformation of well-differentiated papillary thyroid carcinoma is very rare and most commonly occurs in thyroid gland and regional lymph nodes, whereas occurrence at distant metastatic site is extremely rare. Here we report the case of a pa...

Aim: Currently, imaging tools are increasing the frequency of thyroid nodules to 50%, and thyroid cancer risk is 7-15%. The most cost-effective, accurate diagnosis method is fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). However, non-diagnostic (ND) results can delay diagnosis, cause different procedures, raise costs, and distress patients. In addition, FNAB sample adequacy is affected by advanced age, nodule size (<5-10mm), cystic dominating nodules, macrocalcification, and hypo-e...

Introduction: Giant and cystic catecholamine-secreting tumors are usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally during imaging. A simple mobilization of the tumor can cause the release of catecholamines into the blood and is therefore associated with high morbidity and mortality. Here, we aimed to present a patient with a 13 cm mass in the left adrenal gland and diagnosed as giant cystic pheochromocytoma.Case Report: A 62-year-old male patient presented...