Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: In this study, our aim was to investigate frequency of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM) and presence of insulin resistance by HOMA.Material and method: Fifty-five primary hyperparathyroid patients without known glucose tolerance were included in this study. The control group was with similar BMI, normocalcemic, without known glucose tolerance. Seventy-five gram oral glucose tolerans test was performed to PHP patie...

Aim: In this study our aim was to investigate the relationship between obesity and vitamin D and hyperparathyroidism.Material and Method: 127 healthy persons included in this study. Study group were divided into four groups according to body mass index (BMI). Group 1 (n=35) BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2, Group 2 (n=35) BMI 25–29.9 kg/m2, Group 3 (n=35) BMI 3.0–34.9 kg/m2, Group 4 (n=22) BM...

Aim: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positivity is usually determined in medium and large vessel vasculitis. This antibody has two different forms. Cytoplasmic ANCA (PR3-ANCA) occurs against proteinase-3, while perinuclear ANCA (MPO-ANCA) occurs against myeloperoxidase and bactericidal- permeability increasing proteins. The presence of ANCA is mostly seen in systemic vasculitis and also in drug induced vasculitis. There is no sufficient data about prevalence of posi...

Objective: In our clinic we aimed to assess ultrasonographic and histopathologic data of thyroid nodules of patients with nodular thyroid disease reported their repeated cytologic results as non-diagnostic.Methods: Seventy-five patients with nodular thyroid disease whom their TFNAB results were reported 2–3 times non-diagnostically (due to large nodule, ultrasonographically suspicious nodule, high elastosonographic score or strain index, family hist...