Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Although the effect of pre-admission insulin usage (PAIU) in diabetic COVID-19 patients remains uncertain, early studies have reported worse results in this group. Studies generally report in-hospital mortality rates. However, mortality also increases after discharge in COVID-19 patients; the effect of PAIU on this issue is unknown. This study was conducted to examine the effect of PAIU on COVID-19 diabetics’ 90-day mortality data, including the post-dischar...

Introduction and Aims: A higher prevalence of hyperglycemia has been reported in patients affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Our study aims to retrospectively evaluate the course of hyperglycemia in patients recovering from COVID-19.Methods: All patients who were hospitalised in Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Hospital between March 2020 and March 2022 due to COVID-19 and whose HbA1c values were checked during hospitalisation were ex...

Introduction: Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory disease of the pilosebaceous unit and it can be seen on postadolescence period. Several studies show that adrenal and pituitary hormones have an important role in the pathogenesis. The studies which show the isotretinoin treatment takes effect on hormones are phenomenal in the literature. The aim of our study is to identify a hormonal alteration in the etiopathogenesis of acne vulgaris and to observe whether there is an alt...

Background: Conversion rates of the presentations into publications could be a measure of the scientific Impact of a conference. The aim of the current study was to determine the publication rates of abstracts presented at the 16th European Congress of Endocrinology (ECE 2014) and the factors affecting these rates by using computer algorithms specially coded for this analysis.Methods: All presentations of the ECE 2014 were collected with the web scraping...

Background: Hormone therapy is an important part of transition for many gender nonconforming people and implant treatment is an alternative route of oestrogen administration. We assessed the efficacy of oestrogen implant in transwomen for hormone replacement therapy.Methods: 83 transgender women had 100 mg estradiol implant inserted subcutaneously in the anterior abdominal wall. All subjects graded their energy, drive and libido from a scale of 0 to 10 p...

Objective: Acromegaly is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. Hyperhomocysteinemia has been associated with cardiovascular disease, lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease and heart failure. Data on the prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia and peripheral arterial disease in patients with acromegaly is still limited. The aim of this study was to compare serum homocysteine levels between acromegaly patients with active disease and remission, and to evaluate pres...

Introduction: Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP), is a rare neuromuscular disorder caused by dysfunction of the ion channels in red muscle cells which is characterized by painless episodes of muscle weakness generally after strenuous exertion or a high-carbohydrate meal. However, some HPP patients secondary to thyrotoxicosis are also described.Case: A 41-year-old Caucasian man, without any chronic disease, presented to our emergency department with gen...

Aim: We report a child with reactive pituitary enlargement and microadenoma due to Hashimoto thyroiditis.We want to emphasize the importance of good endocrine evaluation in pediatric cases of pituitary adenomasCase report: A 7 year 7 month old boy presented with mild symptoms of hypothyroidism. There was no feature in his past medical story.He had normal cognitive and neurological development. At physical examination his weight was 24 kg (0.06 SDS) and h...

Background & Aim: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is an extremely rare malignancy usually with poor outcomes, although the prognosis varies greatly depending on the initial tumor stage. Here we present clinical and outcome diversity of the patients in a single center.Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 16 patients with ACC diagnosed between 2000 and 2022. Demographical findings, hormonal status, radiological findings, ENSAT stage, weiss score and Ki6...

Aim: Pregnancy and pheochromocytoma are an important clinical picture in which the mother and fetus are under threat. Herein, we present a case diagnosed with pheochromocytoma in the follow-up of fetal mortality and maternal pulmonary edema after emergency postnatal caesarean section.Case Report: Our case was a 32-year-old female, fetal distress was determined after hypertension and maternal hypoxemia in 26 weeks of gestation and emergency caesarean sect...