Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionTamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modulator used in the treatment of estrogen/progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer. Due to the increased frequency of breast cancer in the premenopausal period, the use of tamoxifen is quite common in patients with hormone receptor positivity. Although it is a commonly-used drug, the number of cases with elevated triglyceride levels is very few. Here, we present a case with severe hypertriglyce...

IntroductionGraves’ Disease resistance to anti-thyroid treatment and poor treatment compliance with levothyroxine treatment (pseudomalabsorption) are not common conditions. We presented this case because of the inability to provide euthyroidism with anti-thyroid treatment before the surgery and with levothyroxine after the surgery in the same patient.Case ReportA 24-year-old female patient was admitted w...

IntroductionIn clinical practice, differentiating between the types of diabetes is not always possible. In recent years, there has been an increase in the cases of Type 2 diabetes triggered by diabetic ketoacidosis in young-adult age individuals, and this condition is known as ketosis-prone diabetes (KPD). In this report, we present a case of autoantibody-positive KPD who had an adequate pancreatic reserve and an atypical phenotype due to having a normal...