Endocrine Abstracts

Intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs) account for only 0.4–3.4% of all central nervous system (CNS) tumors. A 18 year old patient with an unremarkable medical history was presented to the ophtalmology outpatient clinic with a 2 month history of loss of vision at left eye and blurrred vision at right also headache and fatigue. Ophtalmological examination showed loss of visual acuity at left eye and decreased 0.05–0.1 at the right and bilateral optic atrophy. Further ph...

During the past decades, incidence of adrenal tuberculosis has been greatly decreased due to the introduction of antituberculosis drugs. It is reported that primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) results from adrenal tuberculosis accounting for only 15%–20% patients in developed countries. Adrenal tuberculosis is the major cause of chronic PAI especially in developing countries. A 53 year old man presented with a 3 month history of generalized weakness, anorexia, weight loss...

Pituitary abscess is a rare condition, with approximately 200 cases reported in the literatüre. Two-thirds of pituitary abscess which occurs without any of the aforementioned risk factors are primary type while remaining are secondary type-abscess. A 58 year old female patient presented with fatigue, headache and loss of appetite for two months. Laboratory analysis showed high ESR and CRP levels also hypocortisolism, hypothyroidism, hypogonadism. Pituitary MRI showed a ma...

Aims: Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a marker which demonstrates 3-month average level of blood glucose level. In individuals with high blood sugar level for a long time is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). There is a need for simple and cost-effective markers to determine the risk of CVD in primary health care settings. In this study, we aimed to investigate the value of HbA1c for predicting cardiovascular risk in healthy non-diabetic individ...

A 45-year-old female patient with diagnosis of hypertension was admitted to Acibadem University Hospital for colonoscopy due to perianal abscess and rectovaginal fistula. She had been diagnosed with hypertension for 7 years and had been using 3 different classes of antihypertensive drugs. Intermittent hypertensive attacks and hospitalization for myocarditis history was documented. During anesthesia induction for colonoscopy her condition acutely worsened and she became hemodyn...

Objective: Distant metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are relatively rare and may be associated with a poor prognosis. Herein, we describe a case report with adrenal and lung metastasis of follicular variant of PTC in the context of the review of the literature.Case Report: A 52-year-old male presented with complaints of swelling of his neck and cough. He had been diagnosed with multinodular goiter, obesity, pre-diabetes, and hypogonadism....

Aim: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an important public health issue associated with significant short- and long-term morbidity both for mother and offspring. Prevalence rates of GDM show considerable variation among different countries and regions of the world. The primary aim of this study was to determine the nationwide prevalence and predictors of GDM in Turkey.Materials and methods: We conducted a prospective nationwide screening among pregn...

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 ...