Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the frequency of malignancy in patients with follicular lesion or follicular neoplasia in cytological examination.Method: About 29 patients who had follicular neoplasia or follicular lesion in cytological examination after ultrasound guided thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) were included in the study. Histopathologic results were evaluated after thyroidectomy in all patients.Results: There...

Objective: Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a reliable and safe method to distinguish benign and malignant thyroid nodules. FNAB has two major limitations: nondiagnostic and suspicious cytology results. There is uncertainty about clinical approach to the nondiagnostic FNAB in thyroid nodules. Our aim was to evaluate the ratio and reasons of nondiagnostic results, and the ratio of malignancy in these nodules.Method: About 2082 patients and 3404 nod...

Introduction: The total energy expenditure in pregnancy is increased largely due to elevated basal metabolic rate (BMR) during pregnancy. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of gestational diabetes on basal metabolic rate, body weight and HbAlc, by comparing these parameters in gestational diabetic and healthy pregnant women.Method: Fifty-eight gestational diabetic women (GDM) and fourty healthy non diabetic pregnants who had normal thyroid ...