Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Distant metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are relatively rare and may be associated with a poor prognosis. Herein, we describe a case report with adrenal and lung metastasis of follicular variant of PTC in the context of the review of the literature.Case Report: A 52-year-old male presented with complaints of swelling of his neck and cough. He had been diagnosed with multinodular goiter, obesity, pre-diabetes, and hypogonadism....

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is due to a fall in potassium levels and threat life if it effects respiratory muscles. Men are more effected than women, and lower extremeties are more prone to involvement. Serum potassium in hyperthroidism is usually normal, but Na+/K+ ATP’ase sensitivity is increased and extracellular potassium rapidly passes to the intracellular space. Beta blockers, small dose potassium replacement and hyperthyroidism treatme...

Introduction: Many factors influence intensity and duration of exposure to ultraviolet, including geographic location, season, dietary intake, atmospheric conditions and the daily sunlight exposure. Study was performed to determine prevelance of hypovitaminosis in housebound elderly.Design: 41 people (22 men and 19 women) living in Konya Residantal Care (RC) were taken. Serum 25-OH vitamin D (VD) measured in winter and in summer. Results were evaluated b...

Aim: In this study, we aimed to perform a comparative evaluation of lipid profile, inflamatory markers, clinical parameters, which are related to cardiovascular diseases, and measurements of carotid intima media thickness (CIMT), which is considered to be an indicator of cardiovascular diseases, in patients with overt and subclinical hypothyroidism, all of which have been studied separately in differen studies.Methods: Patients older than 18 years old, w...

A male patient aged 63 years old was admitted to the emergency department with the complaints of polydipsia, polyurea and dizziness. He had hypertension which was on a calcium channel blocker and his hypertension was in control. His plasma glucose was measured as 564 mg/dl and hospitalized due to his new onset diabetes. His family history showed that, his mother, uncle, aunt and all six brothers were diagnosed as diabetes mellitus. His uncle, aunt and aunts children were using...

Aim: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is the most commonly seen endocrinological tumour. During the follow up of DTC, serum thyroglobulin (TG) levels, neck ultrasound, fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the suspicious lymph nodes are important tools. TG washout of the suspicious lymph node as well as the FNAB can detect metastasis and recurrences earlier. In this study we aimed to show the diagnostic role of TG washout of suspicious lymph node FNAB which is not routine...

Introduction: Thyroid gland is susceptible for nodulation. It is not clear which mechanism is responsible for the growth of only some follicular cells resulting in nodule formation. Selenium deficiency may a risk factor in the development of thyroid nodules. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between selenium levels in patients with euthyroid nodular thyroid diseases.Design: Euthyroid 70 patients with solitary thyroid nodule, euthy...

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most common endocrinopathy among females in reproductive ages. PCOS is not accepted only a reproductive pathology but also accepted as a metabolic problem. Prolonged QTc interval showing ventricular repolarization is a major risk factor for the arrhythmias, coronary heart diseases, and sudden cardiac death. Although hyperinsulinism and hyperandrogenism is known as common manifestations of PCOS, there is conflicting data a...

Introduction: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common reason for secondary hypertension. Among adrenal disorders, rarely aldosterone- and cortisol-co-secreting adenomas (A/CPA) can lead to PA. 35 patients with A/CPA were reported to date and their mean age was 52 (range 34–80) years. We report an A/CPA in an adolescent girl presenting with hypertension combined with hypokalemia and signs of hypercortisolism.Case report: A 18-year-old girl admi...

Objective: To test the utility of the artificial learning algorithms using magnetic resonance (MR) images of the pituitary gland in predicting the prognosis of prolactinoma.Methods: This single-center, retrospective study was conducted in the Pituitary Center of a tertiary care university hospital. A total of 224 images derived from 38 patients with treatment-refractory prolactinoma, 23 patients with prolactinoma remission and 51 healthy individuals were...