Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is extremely common, particularly among women. Mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are the measure of platelet size. We aimed to investigate MPV and PDW levels in euthyroid woman with HT.Methods: This was a retrospective study in which the data were obtained from a computerized patient registry database. We evaluated 145 women with HT and 60 matched healty controls, who applied to ...

Objective: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a common autoimmune disorder. A few studies have analyzed the association between serum vitamin D levels and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and available data remains inconclusive. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between serum 25-Hydroxy vitamin D levels in pre- and postmenopausal woman with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.Methods: We evaluated 120 premenopausal women with euthyroid Hashimoto&#1...

Objective: It is recognized that autoimmun thyroid dysfunction is associated with weight and metabolic changes, insulin resistance and type 1 diabetes. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether thyroid autoimmunity had an effect on insulin sensitivity in euthyroid woman with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.Methods: Forty-seven newly diagnosed euthyroid woman with Hashimoto’ thyroiditis with a mean age of 43 years were included in the study. The co...

Background: Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting oedema (RS3PE syndrome) is a very rare clinical entity including a tenosynovitis of the hands and wrists, and marked pitting oedema on upper and lower extremities. RS3PE has been suggested to be associated with many disease conditions and drugs. Saxagliptine is DPP4 inhibitor that relatively new oral hypoglycaemic agent. This case is the second report of the occurrence of RS3PE in patients receiving a DPP4 i...

Introduction: The aims of this study are to evaluate fibromyalgia (FM) in patients with euthyroid Hashimoto’s throiditis (HT) and whether antithyroperoxidase antibody (TPOAb) positivity is associated with the FM.Methods: We have studied 167 patients with HT and 83 healthy controls followed in our hospital. Single researcher took the history and did physical examination including manual tender point examination according to Manuel Tender Point Survey...