Endocrine Abstracts

A rare complication of thyrotoxicosis among Asians is Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis (TPP), with an incidence of approximately 2% in patients with thyrotoxicosis from any cause. TPP is characterized by sudden onset of hypokalemia and muscle paralysis. Hypokalemia in TPP results from an intracellular shift of potassium induced by the thyroid hormone sensitization of Na+ /K+ −ATPase rather than depletion of total body potassium. Treatment of TPP includ...

Objective: To determine prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).Study Design: Cross sectional study. Non probability consecutive sampling was done.Sample Size: The estimated sample size was 84 women with 95% confidence level and confidence limit of ±5%.Setting: Outpatient departments of Medicine and Gynaecology & Obstetrics at a tertiary care hospital of...

Background: Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a rare type of thyroid cancer that is either sporadic or familial. It occasionally occurs alongside parathyroid hyperplasia and pheochromocytoma as part of MEN2A. Our aim was to study the presence and patterns of above mentioned characteristics of medullary thyroid carcinoma in our population.Methodology: This is a retrospective study conducted in a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan in which data of medullary t...

IntroductionThe most common endocrine tumor is thyroid cancer. Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma (FTC) accounts for 5%–10% of all thyroid cancers. Patients with FTC frequently present with more advanced stage diseases and a higher occurrence of distant metastases because of the propensity of vascular invasion. FTC are mainly treated with surgery while radioactive iodine therapy (RAI) is main adjuvant therapy as per ATA guidelines. In many developing coun...