Endocrine Abstracts

Vitamin D deficiency has a leading role in endothelial functions and pathogenesis of type two diabetes and is supposed to take part in atherosclerosis. In this study we aimed to investigate the correlation between markers of atherosclerosis and inflammation with 25(OH)D levels in patients with type two diabetes. Forty patients with type two diabetes and macrovascular complication and 40 patients without macrovascular complication were included in the study. Thirty healthy subj...

Introduction: Cannabis/marijuana/cannabinoids are the most commonly used illicit drug in the world which can be originated from plants or can be in synthetic forms. Here, an intensive marijuana smoker, 33 years old patient, who has osteoporosis with recurrent pathologic fractures will be presented.Case: Thirty-three-years-old male patient was referred to the our clinics in order to investigate the causes that may lead a pathologic fracture because the pa...

Objective: To evaluate the GRI and its association with other CGM metrics after initiation of automated insulin delivery (AID) system in adults with type 1 diabetes (awT1D).Methods: Up to 90 days of CGM data before and after initiation of an AID system from 185 awT1D were collected. GRI with hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia components and other CGM metrics were calculated using cgmanalysis R software and analyzed for 24-hour, nighttime, and daytime. GRI va...

ObjectiveSubacute thyroiditis (SAT) was first described by Fritz De Quervain in 1904 and is generally a self-limiting disease causing pain, fever and temporary hyperthyroidism. It generally develops as a result of postviral inflammatory response following viral upper respiratory tract infections, and it has increased since the covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. We aim to present 2 SAT cases associated with COVID-19.Case Summary<p...

Movement disorders as the initial symptoms of diabetes mellitus are rare. Here, we describe one of these rare manifestations of primary diabetes: a case of newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus in an old age female patient with transient monoballismus during an episode of ketotic hyperglycemia. Ballism can be rapidly controlled by normalization of glycemia. Our patient had monoballism confined to her upper extremity. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing monoballis...