Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Cushing’s disease is not likely to be pituitary apoplexy or macroadenoma. We present a case of pituitary apoplexy after dexamethasone suppression test for Cushing’s disease due to macroadenoma.Case report: A 30-year-old man complained of headache and closure of the left upper eyelid. Two years ago he had a headache, and was diagnosed with non-functional macroadenoma of pituitary. In follow, insuppressibly serum levels of cortisol ...

Introduction: Thyroid disorders such as subacute thyroiditis occur rarely in pregnancy. We report a recurrent case of subacute thyroiditis improved with the onset of pregnancy.Case report: A 32-year-old Turkish women who request pregnancy and planned insemination was referred due to malaise and neck pain in the left side a week ago. She was presented with low-grade fever, fatigue, pharingitis symptoms, neck pain and extremely tenderness in the right side...

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), caused by increased parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion, leads to generalised disorder of bone metabolism characterised with hypercalcaemia and hypophosphatemia. Causes of PHPT include solitary parathyroid adenoma (80%), primary parathyroid hyperplasia (10–15%), and parathyroid carcinoma (1–2%). Other rare cause is double parathyroid adenomas (DPA) with frequency <1–2%, which can be sporadic or familial. DPA sh...

Aim: To evaluate serum and intranodular vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (VEGFR-1) level thyroid nodules and explore its relevance to ultrasound feature/pathological results.Methods: A total of 80 patients (62 women and 18 men) with thyroid nodules were included in this prospective study. Thyroid function tests, fine needle aspiration biopsies, ultrasonographic and scintigraphic evaluation were r...