Endocrine Abstracts

Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome is a pathological condition that causes various clinical symptoms and is difficult to diagnose. The most common pathological lesions are hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system, retinal angiomas, renal clear cell carcinomas, and pheochromocytomas. Here we reposrt a case of likely to be VHL due to his family history.Case: A 33-year-old male suffering from hypertension and a history of hemangioblastoma operated in 2...

IntroductionHypercholesterolemia may develop due to primary and secondary causes. Diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, nephrotic syndrome and liver diseases are among the most common causes of secondary hyperlipidemia. Here, we will present a case with severe hyperlipidemia due to primary sclerosing cholangitis(PSC).CaseA 36-year-old male patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic due to severe hypercholeste...

BackgroundPituitary xanthogranulomas are extremely rare tumors of the sellar region. A cystic mass lesion was found in the pituitary MRI of our patient diagnosed with central diabetes insipidus (DI). We aimed to present a case who was operated for a pituitary mass and diagnosed with sellar xanthogranuloma.Case presentation37-year-old female patient was applied to our outpatient clinic with complaints of polyd...

Introduction: Goiter means that the thyroid gland is larger than the normal size for the patient’s age and gender. Some of the causes of goiter are iodine deficiency, thyroid nodules, Graves’ disease(GD). Goiter, hyperthyroidism, ophthalmopathy and dermopathy can be seen in GD. Compression symptoms due to goiter (dyspnea, dysphagia, superior vena cava syndrome) are also seen. Here, we will present a case of GD with superior vena cava syndrome.C...