Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetic foot infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality associated with poor glycemic control, polyneuropathy and micro/macrovascular diseases. The clinical, laboratory, radiological, pharmacological and/or surgical evaluation is required. We report a case of diabetic foot infection with bilaterally charcot joint.Case: A 52-year-old female patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HT), coronary artery diseas...

Introduction: Today, approximately 33% of the world population is either overweight or obese. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) results show that, when 20 years and older American adults are examined, it is seen that 33% of them are overweight, 35.7% of them are obese, and 6.3% of them are morbidly obese (1). Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is a restrictive and malabsorptive combined method and is a complicated operation. Cases of endogenous hyperinsulinemic h...

Introduction: Surgical removal of the tumor is the primary treatment modality for insulinomas. However, in some patients, surgery is not possible. Octreotide, a somatostatin analogue, is known to suppress insulin secretion. However, there are little data on the use of octreotide in the treatment of insulinoma. Here, we present an insulinoma patient with severe clinical findings and successful control of hypoglycemia after long-acting octreotide.Case: A 7...