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ea0090ep1150 | Late Breaking | ECE2023

A case with pituitary metastasis from breast cancer presenting with hypernatremia

Puca Entela , Puca Edmond , Poci Albiona

The tumors that metastasis to the pituitary gland is a rare condition and generally are seen in patients in advance disease. The most common metastasis arises from breast and pulmonary cancer. We report a case of a 53 years old women with invasive ductal carcinoma diagnosed in 2017, previously treated with left radical mastectomy followed by --- cycles of chemotherapy and radiation. In 2022 her disease recurred with bone metastasis. She started again the chemotherapy. One mont...
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ea0090ep1103 | Late Breaking | ECE2023

Tigecycline as a ausative agent of severe hypoglycemia

Puca Entela , Puca Edmond , Vrekaj Klei , Bitri Sonila , Xhabija Nereida

Drug-induced hypoglycemia is a major clinical concern. Antibiotics are one of the causative agents to cause hypoglycemia. Tigecycline, which is a glycylcycline antibiotic, has a broad spectrum of activity, including activity against drug-resistant gram-positive and negative organisms. It´s side effects are significant but hypoglycemia and severe hypoglycemia is a rare finding during treatments. Our aim is to present an event of severe hypoglycemia in a patient with type 2...
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ea0049ep571 | Diabetes complications | ECE2017

Diabetes mellitus as an important comorbidity in patient with sepsis

Puca Entela , Puca Edmond , Ylli Agron , Pipero Pellumb

Sepsis represents the host’s systemic inflammatory response to a severe infection. It is a common condition in hospital settings and is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Since1992 the knowledge about sepsis epidemiology has clearly improved. There are differences in epidemiologic data about sepsis identification in different countries. The aim of our study is to make a panoramic view of sepsis at the service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital...
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ea0063p985 | Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 3 | ECE2019

An overview of urinary tract infection in diabetic patients

Puca Entela , Bitri Sonila , Puca Edmond

Diabetic patients have higher risk of urinary tract infection (UTI). Increasing of infections in patients with diabetes mellitus is conditioned by an immunosuppressive condition resulting from immune damage.Objective: To give some dates about urinary infection in patients with diabetes mellitus, that are presented for consultation at the service of Endocrinology in the American Hospital, Tirana, AlbaniaMaterial: This study was cond...
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ea0063p982 | Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 3 | ECE2019

The incidence of pancreatic cancer in diabetic patients

Puca Entela , Bitri Sonla , Dyrmishi Blertina , Lumi Ema , Puca Edmond

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus has been claimed to be a risk factor for pancreatic cancer. CA 19-9 is known as a tumor marker for pancreatic cancer upper gastrointestinal tract, ovarian hepatocellular, and colorectal cancers, as well as in inflammatory conditions of the hepatobiliary system, biliary obstruction and in thyroid diseases.Aim of the study: To evaluate the level of Ca19-9 in diabetic patients and the incidence of pancreatic cancer.<p cla...
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ea0041ep65 | Adrenal cortex (to include Cushing's) | ECE2016

Schmidt’s syndrome – case report

Puca Entela , Olldashi Blertina , Lumi Ema , Bitri Sonila , Ylli Agron

Introduction: Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type II (PGA-II) or Schmidt’s syndrome is a very rare autoimmune disorder and difficult to diagnose because the symptoms of this syndrome depends on the gland which gets involved first. Approximately 14–20 people per million population are affected by polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type II. It is characterised by the obligatory occurrence of autoimmune Addison’s disease in combination with thyroid autoimmune dis...
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ea0035p1127 | Thyroid Cancer | ECE2014

Puca Entela , Koza Kadir Burak , Puca Edmond , Ylli Agron

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is found in a high proportion of resected thyroid specimens. There has been considerable controversy as to whether having HT predisposes a patient to papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and conflicting data have been reported with regard to HT and risk of malignancy. The aim of this study was to evaluate coexistence of PTC with HT.Materials and methods: This is a retrospective study done at American Hospital 2 from April 2011...
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ea0070aep983 | Thyroid | ECE2020

Hurthle cell carcinoma – A case report

Tare Rajmonda , Lumi Ema , Puca Entela , Lapardhaja Adriana , Toti Florian

Introduction: Hurthle cell carcinoma was considered to be a variant of follicular thyroid cancer. However, recent clinical and molecular studies clearly indicate that Hurthle cell cancer is a distinct tumor type. Histologically, it is characterized by the presence of a cell population of ‘oncocytes’, mostly eosinophilic oxyphilic cells and abundant cytoplasm,closely packed mitochondria, and round oval nuclei with prominent nucleoli. Unlike follicular thyroid cancer...
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ea0070ep77 | Bone and Calcium | ECE2020

Over-supplementation of vitamin D in a patient with unknown primary hyperparathyroidism

Dyrmishi Blertina , Olldashi Taulant , Lumi Ema , Puca Entela , Pilaca Arben

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism is more prevalent in women and sometimes the patients are without clinical signs. Parathyroid disorders aren’t uncommon in the general population.Clinical case: A woman 68-year-old was present to the ambulatory visit with multiple joint pains and generalized weakness, constipation and weigh loss since 1 year ago. She hadn’t any history of fever, anorexia, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. She refered that s...
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ea0056p416 | Diabetes complications | ECE2018

Comparitive angiographic profile in diabetic and non-diabetic patient (retrospective study)

Dyrmishi Blertina , Olldashi Taulant , Lumi Ema , Puca Entela , YLLI Dorina

Background: Diabetes is one of the risk factor for coronary disease. Patient with diabetes have a increased prevalence and incidence of coronary vessels disease compare with the people without diabetes in the general population.Aim and objectives: To compare the study of angiographic coronary results in the patient with and without diabetes.Materials and methods: 172 pacients; 66 with diabetes and 106 without diabetes was admitted ...
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