Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: We evaluated the characteristics of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in geriatric patients and factors that influenced long-term survival in this retrospective study design. Among 1188 patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma who were treated at our institution over the past 7 years, 144 patients were identified who were age 65 years or older(age range:65–88 years) at the time of their initial diagnosis. This study conducted a retrospective analysis of...

Introduction: The term congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) encompasses a group of autosomal recessive disorders, each of which involves a deficiency of an enzyme involved in the synthesis of cortisol, aldosterone, or both. Deficiency of 21-hydroxylase, resulting from mutations or deletions of CYP21A, is the most common form of CAH, accounting for more than 90% of cases.Case report: Two female siblings were referred to endocrine clinic with the complain ...

Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism (IHP) is an uncommon disease in which soft tissue calcifications may be seen. We report a case with IHP with asymptomatic hypocalcemia and features of ankylosing spondylitis (AS).Case: A 58-year-old male patient was referred to our department due to incidentally discovered hypocalcemia when admitted with blurred speech, gait and posture abnormalities. He had had a generalized convulsion 19 years ago. On physical examination,...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a chronical and rare disease which is accompanied by excessive growth hormone (GH) secreting hypohysis tumor. In this study we presented acromegaly patients’ datas who admitted to our center between the years 1998–2016. We discussed patients’ charecteristics and we aimed to investigate the determinants which is effecting the remission rate of the patients’.Method: 70 acromegaly patients datas were analyzed ...

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency may be an important predisposing factor for infections as well as autoimmune diseases in old individuals. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), is a meaningful indicator of inflammation throughout the body. In this study we aimed to show, whether or not a relationship exists between vitamin D levels and NLR in patients older than 65 years.Materials and method: Data of 82 patients over 65 years of age was retrospectively ex...

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is correlated with increased cardiovascular risk and characterized by several factors, including visceral obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance. Several members of a large family of nonselective cation channels, e.g., transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, have been associated with the development of cardiovascular diseases. Thus, changes of TRP channel expression may account for the observed increased cardiov...

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to evaluate radioiodine (RAI) treatment efficacy in geriatric patients with hyperthyroidism.Design: Patients older than 65 years who received RAI treatment were included via retrospective data analyses. Eighty-two patients with hyperthyroidism (average age: 69.9 years, age range: 64–81 years) who received RAI treatment and then followed up for at least 6 months were included in the study. Patients’ clinical...

Background: Hypophysitis is a rare group of disease characterized with infla mmation of the pituitary gland. Rarity of the disease obviates development of a treatment strategy. We aimed to present the nationwide data of the demographics, clinical and radiological characteristics, treatment modalities and responses of the patients diagnosed with hypophysitis in a retrospective manner.Methods: The endocrinology clinics all over the country were invited to ...