Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Acromegaly is a relatively uncommon disorder (40–68 cases per million population) caused by oversecretion of growth hormone by a tumor of the pituitary gland. Excessive growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) I concentrations cause gradual changes in facial and acral appearances as well as in many internal tissues.Medhods: Medical records of patients with acromegaly seen between 2000 and 2008 at our hospital were reviewe...

Background: Among the disorders causing hyperthyroidism thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas (TSH-omas) are extremely rare and account for <2% of all pituitary adenomas. Failure to recognize a TSH-oma may lead to improper therapy attempts and dramatic consequences. We have reported a patient that wrongly had diagnosed and treated as primary hyperthyroidism for fifteen years.Case: A 50 years old woman who was on the treatment of propilhyourasil (1...

BackgroundTo date, numerous molecular tests have been developed for preoperative evaluation of thyroid nodules. Nevertheless, these tests cannot be administered in many centers due to their imprecise diagnoses and high costs. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of making surgical decisions in a council through a multidisciplinary approach after clinical, ultrasonographic, and pathological evaluation of nodules on the accuracy of the decisio...

Thyroid cancer is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system. Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common thyroid malignancy worldwide and has a good prognosis. The prevalence of follicular thyroid cancer in endemic iodine deficiency regions is higher than in regions without iodine deficiency. However, it has been observed that the incidence of follicular thyroid cancer decreases and the incidence of papillary thyroid cancer increases after iodine prophylaxis. The Our ...