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ea0049ep1241 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2017

Two pseudomalabsorbtion cases successfully treated with parenteral levothyroxine

Altuntaş Seher Cetinkaya , Evran Mehtap , Sert Murat , Tetiker Tamer

Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disorder which is easily treatable by an appropriate thyroid hormone replacement therapy in the majority of patients. In some patients, hypothyroidism is refractory to oral levothyroxine substitution. Common causes of lack of response to levothyroxine replacement comprise non-compliance and impaired absorption. We report a case of pseudomalabsorption of levothyroxine. Here, we report two female patients with hypothyroidism who had multinod&...

ea0070aep182 | Bone and Calcium | ECE2020

Clinical characteristics of subjects with very high serum 25 OH vitamin D levels in turkey: DeVIT-TOX survey

Pekkolay Zafer , Gogas Yavuz Dilek , Sedar Saygili Emre , Topaloğlu Ömercan , Emir Önder Çağatay , Soylu Hikmet , Taskaldiran Isilay , Esen Pazır Ayșe , Ugur Kader , Tanrikulu Seher , Nur Firat Sevde , Meryem Atak Burcu , Batman Adnan , Omma Tülay , Cagiltay Eylem , Ozdemir Kutbay Nilufer , Çetinkaya Altuntaș Seher , Nasiroglu Imga Narin , Karakilic Ersen , Hekimsoy Zeliha , Kılınç Faruk , Yay Adnan , Eroğlu Mustafa , Kemal Tuzcu Alpaslan

Background: Treatment of vitamin D deficiency orinappropriate vitamin D supplementation may cause side effects associated with hypercalcemia. We observed a tendency to use very high single dose cholecalciferol for treatment of vitamin D deficiency.Aim: The primary aim of this study was to examine the clinical characteristics of patientswith very high serum 25OHD levels of vitamin D toxicity in Turkey.Materials and methods: An invit...