Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Autoimmune adrenal injury is the most common cause of primary adrenal failure (PAF) (70–90%). Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) that characterized by thrombosis and abortus may be a reason of PAF. In this presentation we reported a case of primary adrenal failure due to primary antiphospholipid syndrome.Case: A 34-year-old boy was brought to emergency service due to loss of consciousness. In physical examination patients was confused, bl...

Background: X and Y chromosomes carry many genes that direct development and gametogenesis. Rearrangements associated with X chromosome may have a role in abnormal phenotypes. We presented a case of primary amenorrhea with normal karyotype but centromere thickness in 13th chromosome (13 cenh+), this is the first case in literature.Case: A 18-year-old woman admitted to endocrinology clinic with complaints of primary amenorrhea and a failure in ...

Aim: Disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand (DASH) questionnaire is a self-administered region-specific outcome instrument developed as a measure of self-rated upper-extremity disability and symptoms. The DASH consists mainly of a 30-item disability/symptom scale. In this study, we aimed to evaluate DASH questionnaire in 1000 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.Material and methods: 297 patients (mean age 52.13±9.37 years, 190 women and 10...

Aim: In this study, we aimed to assess psychiatric symptoms in 1000 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.Material and methods: 297 patients (mean age 52.13±9.37 years, 190 women and 107 men) who had T2DM were included as a preliminary in this study. The presence of cheiroarthropathy, Dupuytren’s contracture, tinnel sign, and tendinitis was assessed. Diabetic retinopathy was assessed by direct ophthalmoscopy. Urinary albumin excretion was de...

Introduction: Resecting a pheochromocytoma is a high-risk surgical procedure, life threatening complications may occur. In this presentation, we reported a case of resistance hypotension after pheochromocytoma resection.Case: A 70-year-old male with a history of prostate adenocarcinoma admitted to urology policlinic for cancer screening. Abdominal ultrasound revealed 6.5×5.5 cm mass in left adrenal gland and patient referred to endocrinology policli...

Aim: In this study our aim was to investigate the effects of non-functional adrenal incidentalomas to cardio-metabolic risk factors and endothelial function.Materials and methods: Our study involved 30 patients with non-functional adrenal incidentaloma (patient group), and two control groups without adrenal incidentaloma (control group 1 involved 26 patients have DM and/or HT and control group 2 involved 24 healthy control). Metabolic parameters (fasting...