Endocrine Abstracts

Bilateral macronodular or micronodular adrenal hyperplasias are related to ACTH-independent or ACTH-dependant pathologies. ACTH-independent bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (AIMAH) and primary pigmented adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) are classical but rare examples of ACTH-independent pathologies, causing Cushing Syndrome. PPNAD is presented as bilateral micronodular adrenal hyperplasia.On the other hand, inherited defects in the enzymatic step...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the thiol/disulfide balance, used as a marker of oxidative stress, by measuring that exchange using a novel technique.Material/Methods: Thirty one subjects diagnosed with GDM and 30 healthy pregnant women were included in the study. Thiol/disulfide homeostasis concentrations were measured by a newly developed method in this study. After native thiol, t...

Introduction: Incretin based therapeutics have commonly been used in the last years for the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Linagliptin is a member of “dipeptidyl peptidase 4” (DPP-4) inhibitors and often preferred owing to some advantages over the others. We present a diabetic case developing skin findings after the initiation of linagliptin.Case: 66 year-old woman with a history of type 2 DM for 10 years was admitte...

The patient had been diagnosed with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) at age 5 because of precocious of puberty. He had been receiving dexamethazone and fludrocortisone therapy over the course of his life. When he was 16 years old, a scrotal ultrasound had been performed for the evaluation of bilateral testicular pain which revealed multiple sharply marginated, hypoechoic masses throughout both testes. A biopsy of left testis had been reported as ‘Leidig cell tumour&#1...

Introduction: Although pericardial effusion is a common finding in primary hypothyroidism, massive pericardial effusion or pericardial tamponade are rare. Herein, we describe a newly diagnosed case of primary hypothyroidism initially presenting with massive pericardial effusion.Case report: A 64 years old male patient attended to the emergency unit with worsening dyspnea over the past 1 month. ECG showed a low voltage QRS wave. Chest X-ray showed increas...

Ectopic thyroid is a rare developmental anomaly of the thyroid gland which is defined as the presence of thyroid tissue at a site other than the pretracheal area. Nearly 1–3% of all ectopic thyroids are located in the lateral neck. Simultaneous submandibular ectopic thyroid tissue presenting with a functional orthotopic thyroid gland is extremely rare. A 37-year-old woman was admitted to our outpatient clinic with a cervical mass existing for 3 years. On physical examinat...

Patients with inappropriate TSH syndrome have elevated serum free thyroxine (FT4) and free triiodothyronine (FT3) concentrations and normal or slightly elevated serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level. Inappropriate TSH syndrome include generalized resistance to thyroid hormone (GRTH), pituitary resistance of thyroid hormone (PRTH) and TSHoma.We report here three cases that the first patient has GRTH, the second has TSHoma and third patient has PRT...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association and frequency of thyroid autoimmunity in patients with empty sella syndrome and to evaluate the possible effects of thyroid auto-antibodies on clinical and laboratory findings in patients with empty sella syndrome.Materials and methods: We recruited 93 patients (female) and 22 male patients (mean age 55.51±14.82) who were admitted to the Endocrinology Clinic of Erzurum Regional Training ...

Purpose: The purpose of this study were to evaluate the relation thyroid autoimmunity and euthyroid hashimoto thyroiditis in patients diagnosed with pituitary adenoma and association of pituitary adenoma with clinical and laboratory findingsMaterials and methods: The retrospective study population included a total of 230 participants. A total of 189 patients (67 with prolactinoma, 35 with acromegaly, 4 with cushing disease and 83 with non-functional pitu...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation between menopausal women and the thiol/disulphide balance, used as a marker of oxidative stress, by measuring that exchange using a novel technique.Methods: Fourty five postmenopausal subject and 39 healthy participant were included in the study.Results: We found that in postmenopausal group, disulphide (P=0.04), disulphide/native thiol (P=0.004)...