Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Steroid 11β-hydroxylase deficiency is a relatively rare form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia characterized by the overproduction of adrenal androgens and deoxycorticosterone. It usually presents with virilization of the female fetus, precocious puberty in male infants and hypertension with or without hypokalemia in both genders. Because of high levels of mineralocorticoids, patients rarely present with Addisonian crisis. We describe a male patient with 11&...

Introduction: There have been no studies on the prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) in Turkey. In this study, the prevalence of PA among the hypertensive population was investigated.Methods/Design: The study was conducted among hypertensive patients, aged 16–88 years, who visited the out-patient clinic of Endocrinology from January 10th, 2011 to September 30th, 2011. 768 of the 774 consecutive hypertensive patients volunteered to participate. T...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogenous disease with well established metabolic abnormalities among women of reproductive age. There are various diagnostic criteria to define and establish PCOS. However, there are some conflicting data regarding the the optimal diagnostic criteria for PCOS and the metabolic consequences. We evaluated the clinical, endocrine and metabolic features between main PCOS phenotypes according to different diagnostic criteria.<...

Introduction: Tuberculosis is stil an important cause of adrenocortical insufficiency in the devoloping countries. Adrenal insufficiency is usually the result of hematogenous spread of the pulmonary tuberculosis. Adrenal tuberculosis, especially with enlargement of adrenal glands can cause diagnostic problems and requires differentiation from neoplastic disease and fungal infections. Tuberculosis osteomyelitis is a rare form and surgery may be needed. We report a patient with ...