Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common endocrine disorder that is characterized by hypercalcaemia and elevated or inappropriately normal serum levels of parathyroid hormone. Most often, the presentation of PHPT is asymptomatic. PHPT can manifest with osteoporosis and hypercalciuria as well as with vertebral fractures and nephrolithiasis, both of which can be asymptomatic. Our aim in this study; to determine the frequency of kidney stones in patients operate...

Background: Micro vascular complications are the major outcome of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus progression, which reduces the quality of life and increases diabetic morbidity & mortality. As the incidence of type 2 diabetes is growing day by day; our search for its aetiology and pathogenesis is also ever growing to predict its risk factors and early screening for better care and prevention of its complications. Many studies have tried to link susceptibility of type 2 diabetes ...

Objective: Thyroid nodules are one of the most common thyroid diseases. Ultrasonography is an reliable and the most commonly used imaging method in the evaluation of thyroid nodules with a high sensitivity (Sn) and specificity (Sp). The prevelance of obesity, especially severe obesity, is increasing at an alarming rate in the worldwide. Although obesity and thyroid disorders are related to each other, the pathological relationship between those is not clear. Several studies ha...

IntroductionWhile cervical lymph nodes are the region where head and neck malignancies frequently metastasize, prostate carcinoma rarely metastasizes to this area. Here, we will present a case with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma whose pathological lymph node cytology in the cervical region was found to be prostate carcinoma metastasis.Case <capti...