Endocrine Abstracts

Aim and objective: Mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening fungal infection. Immunocompromised patients are often affected. We report a rare diabetic patient with pancreatic adenocarcinoma who was presented diabetic ketoacidosis and rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis.Case presentation: A 66 years old man with pancreatic adenocarcinoma and type 2 diabetes mellitus was presented diabetic ketoacidosis and severe infection of the facial sinuses, orbita, and ...

Aim and objective: Mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening fungal infection. Immunocompromised patients are often affected. We report a rare diabetic patient with pancreatic adenocarcinoma who was presented diabetic ketoacidosis and rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis.Case presentation: A 66 years old man with pancreatic adenocarcinoma and type 2 diabetes mellitus was presented diabetic ketoacidosis and severe infection of the facial sinuses, orbita, and ...

Objective: Treatment of diabetic foot ulcer is complex and difficult. Blood glucose regulation, debridment and surgical revascularization are used in management of diabetic foot ulcer. Intralesional Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) is a new treatment approach for diabetic foot ulcer. We report our experience with eight patients with diabetic foot ulcer who were treated by intralesional EGF.Patients and methods: A total of eight patients whose diabetic foot ...

Objective: Diet, lifestyle changes, medical agents and surgical approaches are treatment options in obese patients. We reported two morbid obese patients who lost 25 and 21% of their previous weight respectively with only lifestyle changes and orlistat therapy.Case 1: Forty nine year-old woman had type 2 diabetes mellitus for 20 years. She took premix insulin twice a day. Her height was 157 cm, her weight was 120 kg, body mass index was 48.6 kg/m2</...

Aim and objective: The aims of this study were to determine the incidence of breast cancer molecular subgroups, to investigate the relationship between autoimmune thyroid disease and prognostic and predictive factors in patients who were diagnosed with breast cancer.Materials and methods: One hundred one patients who were followed up with the diagnosis of breast cancer at our Endocrinology and Medical Oncology Departments were included. Patients are divi...

Background and aim: Pheochromocytoma, is a catecholamine-producing tumor, may rarely secrete other hormones such as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). We aimed to report a rare case of ectopic cushing syndrome due to malignant pheochromocytoma.Case report: A 42-year-old man admitted to outpatient clinic with headache, irritability, vomiting, nausea, and palpitation. He had paroxysmal hypertension and urinary fractionated metanephrines were measured appr...

Introduction and aim: There are few side effects of cabergoline which is used for medical treatment of prolactinoma. For this reason, cabergoline is considered as first-line therapy of prolactinoma. However, chronic administration of high dose cabergoline in patients with prolactinoma may be associated with valvular heart disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions by conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography in patien...

Introduction and aim: The metabolic changes of lipid profiles in prolactinoma treated with cabergoline are not completely clarified. The aim of this preliminary study is to evaluate changes of lipid profile in both of patients with functional hyperprolactinemia and prolactinoma before and after cabergoline treatment.Materials and methods: Twelve patients with prolactinoma who were treated with cabergoline (mean age 33.8±7.6 years and body mass index...

Introduction and aim: Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a new important indicator of platelet activity in atherosclerosis. Elevated MPV is associated with the presence of more metabolically active platelets. The aim of our study is to evaluate whether change of MPV value is associated with cabergoline treatment in patients with prolactinoma.Materials and methods: Thirty patients with prolactinoma (mean age 33.4±8.5 years and body mass index (BMI): 28.1&...

Background and aim: Lymphocytic hypophysitis is heterogeneous inflammatory processes of the pituitary gland and may cause isolated hormone deficiency, but rarely occurs as panhypopituitarism. We aim to present a rare case of ulcerative colitis coexisting with lymphocytic hypophysitis.Case report: A 42-years old woman with ulcerative colitis was applied for our department of internal medicine with hypoglycemia. Her capillary blood glucose levels were foun...