Endocrine Abstracts

Gout is an arthritis characterized by the deposition of monosodium urate cyristales in the joints because of chronic hyperuricemia. Infections, intravenous contrast materials, acidosis, trauma, surgical interventions can be counted as common causes of acute gout attack. The aim of this study was to present postoperative gout attack at a patient with parathyroidectomy.Case: Sixty five year old man presented with back pain and fatique was admitted to our e...

Background: Osteoporosis is a common problem in postmenoausal women. There is limited data about the physiological importance of endogenous testosterone on bone mineral density (BMD) in older women is poorly understood.Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate association of endogeneous testosterone with BMD and BMI.Materials-methods: This cross-sectional study included 64 patients (45–85 year) postmenopausal women; their dem...

Introduction: Vitamin D insufficiency is common in older people and is associated with several disorders related to aging such as osteoporosis, which leads to a significantly increased risk of bone fractures. This deficiency is more common in Mediterranean countries than in Northern European countries. Hypocalcemic seizures resulting from vitamin D deficiency are rare in adults, and fractures caused by seizures without evidence of direct trauma have not yet been reported.<...

Background: Diabetes is very common disorder. Many studies have shown that patients with diabetes mellitus have incresing trombotic complications both arterial and venous trombosis. Bad control diabetes increases risk of trombosis. Recent reports have shown that shortened APTTs and increased fibrinogen indicate procoagulan situations. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether chronic hyperglisemia or bad control diabetes causes trombosis which is reflected by shortened APTTs...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) during pregnancy is rare and associated with increased morbidity for both mother and fetus. Maternal complications of pHPT include nepfhrolithiasis, pancreatitis, cardiac arrhytmias, hypertension, nausea and vomiting. pHPT is caused by a solitary adenoma in 85–90% of patients, and the curative treatment is parathyroidectomy. Here, we presented two women who have diagnosed pHPT and operated without complications in pregnancy...

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is thought to result from the decreased of T helper type 2 (Th2) responses, leading to progressive destruction of thyrocytes. IFN-λ1, -λ2, and -λ3 (also known as IL-29, IL-28A, and IL-28B, respectively) is a recently described member of the IFN-λ family and has been shown to decrease production of Th2 cytokines in vitro. However, the role and mechanism of IFN-λ1 in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis remain unkno...

Introduction: Neoplasms of the thyroid gland are classified according to the cell that it originates and commonly they originate from follicular or parafollicular C cells. The most common differentiated thyroid cancers (DTC) are papillary and follicular carcinomas. Coexistence of two different histological types of primary follicular thyroid neoplasm is a rare condition. There are previous reports of concomitant medullary and papillary thyroid cancers. However, there is scarce...

Aim: To evaluate serum (SMK) and nodular (NMK) midkine levels in thyroid nodules and explore its relevance to ultrasound feature/pathological results.Methods: A total of 80 patients (56 women, 24 men) with thyroid nodules were included in this prospective study. Hemograms, thyroid function tests, fine needle aspiration biopsies, ultrasonographic evaluation were routinely made. In addition, levels of SMK and NMK were measured. Any possible correlations be...

Background: Hypogonadism is related to additional endocrine abnormalities. Thyroid abnormalities may be common in hypogonadism patients, although this association is not clear.Objective: In this study, we examined the incidence of thyroid disorders in hypogonadisms.Methods: A case–control study of 68 hypogonadal patients and 74 age-matched healthy controls from the general population was conducted. Thyroid function, thyroid vo...

Immune supressive patients due to any cause (disease, medication, etc.) rarely have autoimmune diseases. In this presentation, two patients diagnosed with Graves’ disease and subacute thyroiditis while taking cyclosporine therapy will be discussed.Case 1: A 47-year-old female patient applied with weight loss, sweating and tremor. She had been on cyclosporine therapy for 3 years because of hypoplastic anemia. In laboratory tests; TSH: 0.005 uIU/ml (0...