Endocrine Abstracts

A male patient aged 63 years old was admitted to the emergency department with the complaints of polydipsia, polyurea and dizziness. He had hypertension which was on a calcium channel blocker and his hypertension was in control. His plasma glucose was measured as 564 mg/dl and hospitalized due to his new onset diabetes. His family history showed that, his mother, uncle, aunt and all six brothers were diagnosed as diabetes mellitus. His uncle, aunt and aunts children were using...

BackgroundPrimary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is known to be associated with cardiac and metabolic morbidities. Chronic hypercalcemia in PHPT patients has been reported to be associated with an increased risk of mortality, particularly due to cardiovascular disease, during long-term follow-up. Endocan is secreted by vascular endothelial cells and is involved in the regulation of important endothelial functions. Endocan secretion increases in a variety of ...

ObjectivesEvidence from recent studies suggests that patients with adrenal incidentaloma have increased cardiovascular risk. In our study, we aimed to investigate the levels of irisin, nesfatin-1 and the relationship between levels of these relatively new molecules with cardiometabolic risk markers; carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SCAT) thickness in patients with ...