Endocrine Abstracts

Pitüitary ACTH deficiency is one cause of secondary adrenal insufficiency. Genetic factors, autoimmunity, infiltrative disease, cranial trauma can cause ACTH deficiency. Hyperpigmented skin lesions are expected in primary adrenal insufficiency while they are very rare in secondary adrenal insufficiency. Striae are characterized by linear smooth bands of atrophic appearing skin. They are mostly associated with obesity, pregnancy, hypercortisolism/Cushing syndrome. Striae a...

Although adrenal gland involvement may be seen in patients with diffuse (non-Hodgkin) lymphoma, primary adrenal lymphoma is quite rare and adrenal insufficiency accompanies the clinical picture in 2/3 of cases.Case: A 70-year-old male patient presenting with anorexia and weight loss was referred to our clinic for bilateral adrenal masses, which were detected by abdominal computerized tomography (CT) as 5.2×5.2×2.7 cm in the right adrenal and 11...

Background: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a key regulator of mineral metabolism, the homeostasis of calcium, phospate, vitamin D and bone turnover. Hypoparathyroidism is a rare disease characterized by hypocalceamia with inappropriately low plasma levels of PTH. Mean platelet volume (MPV) is the measure of platelet size. Increased MPV has been associated with cardiovascular risk.Objective: In our preliminary study, we aim to show that untreated hypoparath...

Aims: Impact of gestational diabetes mellitus on the coagulation system, dynamics involved at a pathophysiological level and the exact mechanism remain unclear.To evaluate association between diabetes-related parameters and haemostatic factors in order to search for a tendency of thrombosis in gestational diabetes mellitus.Methods and Material: Nineteen pregnant women who had gestational diabetes mellitus, 16 healthy pregnant and 1...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder that affects women of reproductive age. Clinical and biochemical characteristics are similar to metabolic syndrome. Insulin resistance in patients with metabolic syndrome, is associated with serum uric acid levels. In our study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between serum uric acid levels and clinical and laboratory in PCOS patients.Materials and Method: PCOS ...