Endocrine Abstracts

Family history of thyroid disease (Karger 2010) and family history of goiter (Singer 2011, Knudsen 2003, Gebremichael 2020) were found to be associated with risk of goiter though some did not observe this association (Phitayakorn 2006). On participants of the Isparta Menopause and Health (IMH) Study, we measured TSH (n=1099) and thyroid sonographic parameters (n=994) including TV, thyroid nodularity (TN) and heterogeneity (TH). Health related factors and hist...

Aim: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is the commonest autoimmune thyroid disease. Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most often thyroid cancer and its incidence is increasing yearly. It is not clear that HT is a predisposing factor for PTC. We studied PTC’s frequency among HT patients went to total thyroidectomy.Materials and methods: Five hundred and thirty four patients done total thyroidectomy by general surgery were evaluated retrospectivel...

Aim: Thyroid hormones have many effects on the cardiovascular system. May studies have showed that apparent or subclinical hypothyroidism increase the risk of hypertension hyperlipidemia and so lead to atherosclerosis susceptibility. This risk can be reduced by treatment. But, studies on the relationship between thyroid function tests and cardiovascular risk in euthyroid subjects are contradictory. This study was designed to investigate the effect of TSH, free T3, f...

Aim: There are studies showing that Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) progresses more rapidly, thyroid echogenicity is lower and thyroid autoantibodies are higher titer positive in immunoglobulin G4 (IGg4) positive patients.But a small number of studies that do not support this data have also been published.We planned this study to evaluate the findings of IgG4 (+) Hashimoto’s thyroiditis cases.Materials and methods: New diagnosis without treatment ...

Introduction: Hyperthyroidism is the condition that occurs due to excessive release of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. Anti-thyroid drugs are usually the first choice of the treatment but surgery and radioactive iodine can also be used in treatment of hyperthyroidism. Plasmapheresis is a rapid and effective treatment option in cases where immediate euthyroidism is needed to be obtained due to complications of thyrotoxicosis and major side effects of antithyroid drugs.</p...

Endothelial dysfunction is assessed noninvasively by measuring flow-mediated dilation (FMD). However, FMD is strongly dependent on arterial size, which contributes to a wide range of FMD values. It was previously shown that FMD is greater in small arteries, because the shear stimulus during postocclusion hyperemia is greater in small arteries. We aimed to investigate the predictive value of brachial arterial size on FMD in 44–61 years old Turkish women while adjusting for...

Introduction: Ectopic parathyroid adenomas are detected 16% of patients operated for primary hyperparathyroidism and 22% of them may be located in the anterosuperior mediastinal region. Herein we present a rare case of primary hyperparathyroidism with severe long-term elevated parathormone (PTH) levels due to ectopic parathyroid adenoma in mediastinal region that was successfully treated by using video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).Case report: A 38-y...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are rare tumors harboring overexpression of somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) on their cell membrane. Gallium 68-tetraazacyclododecane tetraacetic acid-octreotate (68Ga-DOTATATE) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is an important imaging modality in diagnosis and staging of NETs. Because some organs such as spleen, adrenal glands and liver physiologically express SSTR, it might be challenging to distinguish some pa...

Objective: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance that is first diagnosed during pregnancy resulting from pregnancy associated insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion. We aimed to investigate the frequency of vitamin D deficiency and its relation with glucose parameters and the incidence of gestational diabetes.Materials and methods: Gestational diabetes was diagnosed with 75 g oral glucose tolerance test. 32 preg...

Aim: Empty sella is usually an incidental finding. The term primary empty sella (PES) makes reference to the herniation of the subarachnoid space within the sella turcica in patients with no history of pituitary tumor, surgery or radiotherapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate hormonal abnormalities associated with empty sella.Materials and methods: Twenty-three primary empty sella patient were retrospectively analyzed. Hormonal evaluation including ...