Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Giant and cystic catecholamine-secreting tumors are usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally during imaging. A simple mobilization of the tumor can cause the release of catecholamines into the blood and is therefore associated with high morbidity and mortality. Here, we aimed to present a patient with a 13 cm mass in the left adrenal gland and diagnosed as giant cystic pheochromocytoma.Case Report: A 62-year-old male patient presented...

Introduction: Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is most commonly seen in reticuloendothelial system tissues such as liver, spleen and lymph nodes. Rarely, it can be detected in non-hepatosplenic atypical localizations such as the adrenal glands. Although the underlying mechanism is not clearly elucidated, it is suggested that the adrenal glands have hematopoietic activity in the fetal period and EMH may develop from the remains here due to chronic anemia. We aimed to present ...

Introduction: Hemiballism is a rare hyperkinetic movement disorder characterized by involuntary, violent, coarse and wide-amplitude movements involving the ipsilateral arm and leg. Here, we aimed to present a case diagnosed as hemiballism due to non-ketotic hyperglycemia.Case Report: A 60-year-old female patient presented to the emergency department with involuntary movements in the right half of the trunk for 10 days. It was a large amplitude proximal e...

Introduction: Although ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS) is most commonly seen in cancers with neuroendocrine differentiation, it is not a common condition in germ cell tumors. Here we report a rare case of EAS due to metastatic germ cell tumor.Case report: A 53-year-old male patient presented with fatigue, weakness, swelling in both legs and weight loss for 3 months. He had type 2 diabetes and no history of smoking or alcohol. In the physical examination, the...

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a life-threatening clinical syndrome that develops as a result of bleeding or infarction in a pituitary adenoma. Here, we aimed to present a case of cabergoline-resistant macroprolactinoma who developed pituitary apoplexy.Case Report: A 40-year-old male patient presented to neurology 2 years ago with severe headache. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a 15.5×18×21 mm macroadenoma in the pituitary...

Introduction: Germinomas, which are the most common germ cell tumors of the central nervous system, may present with different symptoms depending on the location and are localized in the 20-30% suprasellar region. Here, we aimed to present a case of suprasellar germinoma with central diabetes insipidus, hypogonadism and secondary adrenal insufficiency.Case Report: A 27-year-old male patient presented with dry mouth, polydipsia, polyuria and nocturia for ...

Objectives: Primary thyroid lymphoma constitutes 0.5-5% of all thyroid malignancies. Its incidence is two per million persons. Patients usually present with rapidly growing masses in the thyroid their sixth-seventh decades. The disease is frequently accompanied by chronic Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Most tumors are B-cell derived non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Case report: An 84-year-old male patient presented with a palpable swelling in the neck. Ultraso...

Objective: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM), prediabetes and to evaluate the associated risk factors in the sample of adult Turkish population.Methods: A total of 4000 eligible study subjects aged 20 years or older, chosen by multistage sampling on a field were selected. Of those 3721 subjects (2139 women and 1582 men) participated in the study. The study was performed betwe...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to validate the American Thyroid Association (ATA) risk of recurrence staging system (2009).Methods: Retrospective analysed 300 adult (239 women, 61 men) differentiated thyroid cancer patients followed for a median of 57 months (range 38–97).Results: ATA risk stratification of patients according to the system 54.7% low-risk, 39.7% moderate risk, and 5.7% were in the high risk group. The ...

Background: Adrenal carcinoma is rare endocrine cancer. Survival time is short and primary treatment is surgery.Methods: Four patients with histopathologically diagnosed as adrenal carcinoma between 2007 and 2013 were evaluated retrospectively.Results: Two of the patients were female and others were male. Their ages were 39, 50, 55 and 61 respectively. All the patients were admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain. Tumor diamet...