Endocrine Abstracts

Case report: Adrenal pseudocysts are rare bening lesions that usually mimick solid tumors on imaging. Although they are asymptomatic and often discovered incidentally, distinguishing them from clinically important adrenocortical masses may be problematic before surgery. We report the case of a 50-years-old female who was referred to endocrinology outpatient clinic with a 54×58×50 mm sized mass in the left adrenal gland. Abdominal MRI which was performed because of ri...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a disease associated with a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD), especially in cortical bones such as distal radius. Therefore, the BMD measurement of forearm is valuable in the detection of cortical bone loss by PHPT. However, forearm measurement is not routinely recommended for the diagnosis of osteoporosis in PHPT. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the importance and priority of forearm BMD measurement in PHPT.<p ...

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of the pandemic process on those with an endocrinological disease that will require close follow-up from the last visit before the pandemic.DesignThis was a retrospective study.MethodsPatients of 3903 with thyroid, calcium-bone metabolism, adrenal gland, pituitary diseases, and neuroendocrine tumor (NET) were retrospectively scanne...