Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio is considered as a sign of systemic inflammation in recent years. In our study, we aimed to investigate N/L ratio in hyperthyroid patients and healthy control group.Material & methods: A total of 121 hyperthyroid patients (71 patients with Graves’ disease and 50 patients with other causes of hyperthyroidism) and 40 healthy volunteers were enrolled. Complete blood count was obtained from both group ...

Immune supressive patients due to any cause (disease, medication, etc.) rarely have autoimmune diseases. In this presentation, two patients diagnosed with Graves’ disease and subacute thyroiditis while taking cyclosporine therapy will be discussed.Case 1: A 47-year-old female patient applied with weight loss, sweating and tremor. She had been on cyclosporine therapy for 3 years because of hypoplastic anemia. In laboratory tests; TSH: 0.005 uIU/ml (0...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism is commonly treated with targeted parathyroidectomy guided by preoperative imaging and intraoperative parathormone monitoring. Despite advanced imaging techniques, failure of parathyroid localization still occurs. Hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome and familial isolated hyperparathyroidism are a rare autosomal dominant tumor syndrome characterized by hyperparathyroidism. In this report, we present four patients with familial isolat...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are rare tumors harboring overexpression of somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) on their cell membrane. Gallium 68-tetraazacyclododecane tetraacetic acid-octreotate (68Ga-DOTATATE) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is an important imaging modality in diagnosis and staging of NETs. Because some organs such as spleen, adrenal glands and liver physiologically express SSTR, it might be challenging to distinguish some pa...