Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Radioiodine ablation with a whole-body scan is a well known therapeutic regimen for differentiated thyroid cancer. I-131 uptake in the breast has been described with a variety of normal and pathologic conditions such as gynecomastia, supernumerary breasts, fibroadenoma and lactational duct cyst or galactocele. Here we report a case with an incidental radioiodine uptake in breast who turned out to be breast cancer.Case report: A 70 years old...

Background: Pregnancy and lactation-related osteoporosis can be associated with fractures during the last trimester or early postpartum period. During lactation, a 3–10% bone loss in the lumbar vertebrae has been detected within 3–6 months. When lactation is reduced bone mineral density(BMD) values reach early postpartum levels within 6–18 months. Certain comorbidities, such as hypercalciuria, premature ovarian failure, low body mass index, oligoamenorrhea, seve...

Background: Although most solid primary tumors can metastasize to the adrenal glands, lung cancer is the most common, followed by renal cell carcinoma, melanoma and colorectal cancer. However endometrial cancer metastasis to adrenal gland is very rare. There are only a few case in literature. Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy. In this case, we present a case of adrenal gland metastasis of endometrial cancer.Case presentation:...

Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate association between Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) and vestibular function and the possible effect of levothyroxine (LT4) treatment on vestibular functionPatients and methods: We recruited 61 patients with HT and 30 age and gender matched healthy individuals for the study. Of 30 patients with HT were on LT4 treatment (group I) and 31 patients were treatment naive (group II). None of the patients ha...

The prevalance of incidentally discovered adrenal masses increased in last three decades. The major clinical concern is the risk of malignancy and hormone overproduction but most of them are non-fonctional and benign. Current practices in the management of adrenal incidentalomas reevaluated the follow-up suggestions considering low probability of the transformation of a benign and non-functional adrenal mass to a malignant or functional one. Therefore, in the present study we ...

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause. The prevalence of neurosarcoidosis is about 5–15%. Hypothalamo-pituitary sarcoidosis is even rarer (<1% of cases evaluated for sellar and stalk lesions).Case Report: A 33-year-old man presented to urology department with erectile dysfunction which started six months ago. Hormonal evaluation revealed gonadotropin deficiency and hyperprolactinemia (Total testosterone: 30.5 ng/dl,...

Introduction: The risk of malignancy has often been reported to be more frequent in Graves’ disease (GD) than non-autoimmune thyroid nodules. However, frequency of thyroid nodules, diagnostic yield of fine-needle aspiration (FNA), and their potential for bearing malignancy in GD are still debatable issues. We aimed to determine the prevalence, ultrasonographic and cytological features, and the rate of malignancy outcome of thyroid nodules in a group of patients with GD.</...

Aims: Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is a necessary component of diabetes management but many patients with diabetes do not follow their healthcare proffesionals’ recommendations for self-monitoring. The aims of this study were to determine the proportion of patients with diabetes who perform SMBG in general practice and to identify patient-reported obstacles for SMBG.Methods: The study included 372 patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes m...

Introduction: Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is the first-line diagnostic test for evaluating thyroid nodules. This test can effectively distinguish between neoplastic and non neoplastic nodules. The Bethesda System suggest that thyroid nodules with non diagnostic (ND), atypia/follicular lesions of undetermined significance (A/FLUS) aspiration should undergo repeat sampling. We aimed to investigate the clinical validity of repeated FNA in the management of patients with thyroid ...

Diabetic foot is one of the most feared complication of diabetes. The tendons and ligaments’ stiffness and elasticity are known to be altered in diabetic foot. Achilles tendon (AT) plays an important for foot biomechanics and the altered stiffness of AT may have a role in pathogenesis of diabetic foot. Determination of the early changes in AT may help to identify the risky patients for diabetic foot. Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Elastography is an elastography ...