Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SEDC) is a rare congenital disease of skeletal system,which is characterized by short stature, shortage of trunk and mostly affect vertebral column and epiphysis of long bones. In this case report, we aimed to represent a patient complaining of short stature and referred to our hospital,who was detected to have an early onset osteoporosis accompanied by proximal femoral aplasia; in the light of literature.<p class="abst...

Background: Hemangiopericytoma (HPC) is a malignant vasculary tumor originate from pericytes around the capillary and venules. İntracranial hemangiopericytomas usually arise from meninges, rarely they locate periventricular, suprasellar or sellar. Because of the malignancy potential, the differential diagnosis is important. A rare case of sellar HPC mimicking non-functional pituitary adenoma will be presented.Case report: A 45 years old woman has a...

Objectives: Preoperative imaging studies are being commonly used in primary hyperparathyroid patients to increase cure rate and to decrease complication rate of surgery. In this study we correlated the surgical outcomes with localization studies performed by various radiologists.Method: A total of 174 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism in which healing of hypercalcemia achieved by parathyroidectomy were evaluated retrospectively. Since our hospita...