Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a relatively uncommon tumour of the thyroid as compared with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Concurrent of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in a single patient is a rare.Case: Forty-nine year-old male patient was referred to endocrinology for multinodular goiter evaluation. He had no palpable nodules. There was no apparent family history of endocrine disorders or...

Aim: Diabetic rethinopathy is an important microvascular complication in diabetic patients. The association between hyperlipidemia and diabetic rethinopathy remains elusive. Lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) is Ca independent serine kinase that hydrolyses oxidized LDL and forms lysilphoshotidylcholine and free fatty acid. The aim of the study was to determine serum levels of Lp-PLA2, traditional lipids, apolipoproteins in patients with diabetic rethinopathy and...

Patients with hypoparathyroidism may have sypmptoms consistent with physical, emotional and cognitive dysfunctions which may cause impaired quality of life (QOL). We included 266 patients (20–79 years; 231 women/35 men) who were being treated for hypoparathyroidism. They were taking conventional therapies for hypoparathyroidism; calcium, active vitamin D and magnesium when needed. We applied Beck Depression Scale, Anxiety Scale and SF-36 QOL scale to the patients. The et...