Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypertension is associated with increased risk of vascular disease. There is possible relation between low vitamin D levels and subclinical atherosclerosis defined as increased carotid intima media thickness (CIMT). Vitamin D deficiency is defined as levels below 20 ng/ml. In this study we aimed to find out the relation between 25 hydroxy D vitamin level and CIMT and the presence of atherosclerotic plaques.Methods: A total number of 163 pat...

Introduction: Platelets and neutrophils take part in proliferation of cancer cells, angiogenesis, and metastasis. Studies on various cancer types showed relation between prognosis and absolute numbers of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and the ratio in-between (NLR) and platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR). We aimed to evaluate NLR and PLR and their relation with features of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC).Materials and methods: Electronic data of 330 patien...

Atherosclerosis is the major cause of death in type 2 DM. Increased intima media thickness (IMT) denotes subclinical atherosclerosis. Endothelial cells express GLP-1 receptors. There are a few studies regarding the effect of GLP-1 system modifying agents on IMT. Although most of them indicates decreased IMT, the results are contradictory.We aimed to compare the effect of sitagliptin, vildagliptin, and exenatide on IMT measurement in type 2 DM.<p clas...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyrodism is due to benign parathyroid adenomas in more than 90% and parathyroid cancer (PC) in less than 1% of cases. There are no definite clinical criteria differentiating PCs and adenomas. Another subtype, parathyroid neoplasm of uncertain potential is also referred as atypical parathyroid adenoma (APA) and share a few histopathologic features common to cancers.Case: A 47 year old female patient was consulted due to hyp...