Endocrine Abstracts

Cancer metastases on pituitary gland are seen rarely. A 71-year-old male was admitted to Endocrinology Department with polydipsia, polyuria, and diplopia. Urine volume was ~5 l/day. In medical history; he had been diagnosed as having non-small cell lung carcinoma with multiple liver and bone metastases 1 year ago. He took chemotherapies with four cycles of paclitaxel, carboplatin, and zoledronic acid for bone metastases and radiation therapy (RT) was given to L4-S1 vertebras. ...

Introduction: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis can be accompanied by thyroid cancer. It is reported that there is an association between selenium deficiency and thyroid cancer. In addition, it is known that chronic inflammation is another causal factor in the etiology of cancer.In this study, we aimed to determine whether selenium or oxidative stress is a modifying factor for the association between Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and cancer.<p class="abste...

A 36-year-old female patient was referred to endocrinology outpatient clinic due to increased TSH levels. Two years ago, she had been diagnosed and treated as Graves’ disease with propylthiouracil. Total thyroidectomy was performed in another center due to ineffective medical treatment and oral levothyroxine sodium (LT4) was started. During the follow-up her TSH levels were normal. Thirteen months after the last normal TSH value, she consulted the endocrinology outpatient...

Introduction: Rathke Cleft Cysts(RCCs) are benign cysts arising from the remnants of Rathke’s pouch. The most common symptoms are visual field disorders, headache, and pituitary dysfunction. Case 1: A 26-year-old male was admitted with headache that started 4 days ago. Cranial MRI revealed an appearance mimicking a hemorrhagic adenoma in pituitary. Pituitary hormones were found as normally. Pituitary MRI showed a 12 x 10 x 10 mm hemorrhagic RCCs loc...

Background: Hypophysitis is a rare group of disease characterized with infla mmation of the pituitary gland. Rarity of the disease obviates development of a treatment strategy. We aimed to present the nationwide data of the demographics, clinical and radiological characteristics, treatment modalities and responses of the patients diagnosed with hypophysitis in a retrospective manner.Methods: The endocrinology clinics all over the country were invited to ...