Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionThe aim of the present study was to determine the possible factors contributing to the development of hypothyrodisim in patients who had a subacute thyroiditis (SAT) attack.MethodsMedical records of patients who were diagnosed with SAT between September 2014 and January 2020 were analyzed retrospectively in one center in Trabzon city of Turkey. The medical records of the patients were searched wit...

Background: Acromegaly is an uncommon metabolic condition characterized by the excessive secretion of growth hormone after the closure of epiphyseal plates. The onset of acromegaly is gradual, and its progression is slow. Manifestations of elevated growth hormone levels may remain inconspicuous for an extended period. Clinical indications include enlarged jaw, swelling in the hands and feet, pronounced facial bones, roughened facial features, nasal enlargement, tongue enlargem...

Thyroid nodules have 3–7% freuquency in general population. FNA biopsy is an important diagnostic tool for patients with thyroid nodules. There are many reporting systems for FNA biopsy and Bethesda system is the most common one. The aim of this retrospective study, detect the atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) rates in the patients who performed FNA biopsy and evaluate the concomittant biopsy results of this patients and malignancy rates in the patients who were c...

Introduction: Wolfram syndrome has characterized by central diabetes insipidus (DI), diabetes mellitus (DM), optic atrophy (OA) and deafness. In this report we presented a Wolfram syndrome with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism.Case: A 18-year-old girl who has diabetes for 6 years was hospitalized due to blood sugar irregularity. Her medical history revealed frequent urination and enuresis for 2–3 years and primary amenorrhea. Furthermore she had hear ...

Introduction: Schwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is usually manifested with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, short stature, and chronic neutropenia. SDS associated with osteoporosis and diabetes mellitus (DM) presenting with ketoacidosis is quite rare.Case: A 29-year-old woman was admitted to emergency room with symptoms of frequent urination and confusion. She had not history of diabetes mellitus or any other disease. On her examination, she had n...

Introduction: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) distant metastases without regional lymph node metastases are quite rare. Spinal cord teratomas are rare tumors mostly seen in children. To the best of our knowledge, the development of papillary carcinoma in intradural teratomas is theoretically possible, but has not been reported in literature.Case report: A 36-year-old female patient admitted with the complaint of drop foot. On MRI, 20x11x20.5 mm lesion ...

Objective: Muslims worship by fasting from pre-dawn (suhoor) until sunset (iftar) for 30 days in the religious month of Ramadan. In addition to prolonged hunger, patients fasting with a diagnosis of hypothyroidism take their doses of levothyroxine outside of daytime fasting hours. This study compares thyroid functions of fasting hypothyroidism patients with the values before Ramadan.Methods: One hundred patients aged 18–65 years were included in the...

Introduction: Silent corticotroph adenomas (SCAs) are uncommon pituitary tumors, immunoreactive for ACTH, but without clinical evidence of hypercortisolism and present with local mass effects and some endocrine dysfunction. Case 43 years old male patient was diagnosed with pituitary tumor which was 5×3 cm in size. In history, 6 months ago he applied to another hospital with syncope and operated transsphenoidally. But these datas are unreachable. He had been suffering from...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the thiol/disulfide balance, used as a marker of oxidative stress, by measuring that exchange using a novel technique.Material/Methods: Thirty one subjects diagnosed with GDM and 30 healthy pregnant women were included in the study. Thiol/disulfide homeostasis concentrations were measured by a newly developed method in this study. After native thiol, t...

Objectives: Acromegaly may arise with several clinical presentations and cardiac involvement is the most important factor affecting the course of the disease.Case: A 32-years old man admitted to hospital complaining with shortness of breath. After initial evaluation he was diagnosed as ‘cardiac failure’. Cardiac evaluation revealed that he had ‘dilated cardiomyopathy’ with ejection fraction (EF) of 20%, global hypokinesia without valv...