Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: In this study, our aim was to investigate frequency of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM) and presence of insulin resistance by HOMA.Material and method: Fifty-five primary hyperparathyroid patients without known glucose tolerance were included in this study. The control group was with similar BMI, normocalcemic, without known glucose tolerance. Seventy-five gram oral glucose tolerans test was performed to PHP patie...

Aim: In this study our aim was to evaluate clinical and laboratory findings of our primary hyperparathyroid patients and detect complications caused by hyperparathroidism.Method: Eighty-three patients (73 women, 10 men) were included in this study. Serum calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), parathormone (PTH), 25(OH) D, 24 hour urine Ca and P levels, bone mineral density (BMD) and renal ultrasonography were evaluated.Results: The mean age...

Hypertygiceridemia is responsible from the 1–4% of acute pancreatitis cases. When serum triglyceride level rises above 1000–2000 mg/dl, risk of having acute pancreatitis also increases. Medical therapy is usually inadequate for treatment of hypertryglyceridemia cases which cause severe and recurrent pancreatitis attacks. In our case we have reported a patient having recurrent attacks under medical therapy and underwent plasmapheresis.Case: 45 y...

Introduction: Measles virus infections generally occur in childhood, but infections in adolescence and adulthood can lead to complications.Case report: A previously well 28-year-old woman had suffered from nausea, vomiting and generalized fatique for one day before being transferred to our emergency department in a confused state. A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) complicated by ketoacidosis was made based on markedly decreased serum C-peptid...

Aim: In this study our aim was to investigate the relationship between obesity and vitamin D and hyperparathyroidism.Material and Method: 127 healthy persons included in this study. Study group were divided into four groups according to body mass index (BMI). Group 1 (n=35) BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2, Group 2 (n=35) BMI 25–29.9 kg/m2, Group 3 (n=35) BMI 3.0–34.9 kg/m2, Group 4 (n=22) BM...

Aim: The relationship between hyperprolactinoma and insulin resistance has been shown in many studies. It is also known that hyperprolactinoma causes changes in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. The aim of our study is to evaluate insulin resistance in patients with prolactinoma and see the effect of treatment on insulin resistance and karotis intima media thickness (CIMT).Material and methods: Twenty-two female patients diagnosed biochemically and radi...

Aim: Hypogonadism is a result of testicular failure and/or insufficient pituitary stimulation. Various hypothalamo-pituitary abnormalities or lesions can contribute to hypogonadism. Benign or malign tumoural lesions of cellar or paracellar region, may lead to hypogonadism. Therefore, pituitary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is needed in hypogonadic patients. In our study, we aimed to investigate our hypogonadic patients’ hypothalamo-pituitary MRI findings.<p class=...

Aim: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positivity is usually determined in medium and large vessel vasculitis. This antibody has two different forms. Cytoplasmic ANCA (PR3-ANCA) occurs against proteinase-3, while perinuclear ANCA (MPO-ANCA) occurs against myeloperoxidase and bactericidal- permeability increasing proteins. The presence of ANCA is mostly seen in systemic vasculitis and also in drug induced vasculitis. There is no sufficient data about prevalence of posi...

Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate thyroid functions, thyroid antibody positivity, thyroid ultrasonography (US) findings and prevalence of thyroid cancer in patients with colon cancer and benign colon polyps. Also, we aimed to compare prevalence of thyroid diseases in two groups.Materials and methods: Fifty-seven patients with colon cancer and 50 patients with colon polyps were included in the study. All patients were evaluated with thyroid US and ...

Aim: Radioactive treatment after surgery forms the basis of treatment of differentiated thyroid cancers (DTC) and also used as permanent theraphy of hyperthyroidism. Iodide is being transported into the thyrocytes by the NIS system that located on the thyrocytes’ cell membran. NIS system also has been shown at the gastric mucosa. In this study we proposed to analyse the effect of low and high dose radio-iodine treatment on Helicobacter pylori eradication.<p cla...