Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (ENV) is a rare, chronic, deforming disorder characterized by hyperkeratosis and papillomatosis of the epidermis with underlying woody fibrosis of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue resulting from chronic nonfilarial lymphoedema. Lymphatic obstruction can be primary or due to various causes such as surgery, tumour, radiation, congestive heart failure or obesity. However, to the best of our knowledge, it has not been reported as a p...

Introduction: To evaluate the efficacy of 3 different parathyroid adenoma screening tools (high resolution ultrasonography (USG), technetium Tc 99m-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) parathyroid scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging (MR)) and to determine factors affecting the detection success rates.Methods: Thirty-nine patients (29 female and 10 male) with primary hyperparathyroidism were included in the study. Patient’s mean age was 53.9&#177...

Objective: Insulin resistance may contribute to the development of nodular thyroid disease. Changes in thyroid morphology have been reported in obese patients. In this study, we examined the frequency of nodular thyroid disease in morbid obese patients (BMI>40 kg/m2) and investigated the metabolic parameters which may play a role in thyroid nodule formation.Methods: Three hundred and six morbid obese patients (296 women, 10 men) (age 46.2&...