Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0070aep141 | Bone and Calcium | ECE2020

Identifying clinical characteristics of hypoparathyroid patients in turkey: The ‘HIPOPARATURK-NET Study’

Konca Degertekin Ceyla , Gogas Yavuz Dilek , Pekkolay Zafer , Ugur Kader , Or Koca Arzu , Topaloğlu Ömercan , Ozdemir Kutbay Nilufer , Aydoğan Ünsal Yasemin , Yilmaz Nusret , Omma Tülay

Hypoparathyroidism is a rare endocrine disorder whose epidemiologic characteristics regarding the cause, clinical course, acute and chronic complications have not been well defined. There is also a substantial geographic variability regarding those parameters, and country-specific local data is scarce.This study was conducted to assess the baseline characteristics, including the demographics, etiologic distribution, disease severity, medications use...

ea0070aep598 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2020

The importance of DHEA-S levels in cushing’s syndrome; is there a cut-off value in the differential diagnosis?

Ciftci Dogansen Sema , Soyluk Selcukbiricik Ozlem , Selek Alev , Erol Selvinaz , Hekimsoy Zeliha , Esen Pazir Ayse , Dursun Huseyin , Sahin Serdar , Oruk Gonca , Mert Meral , Soylu Hüseyin , Sarer Yurekli Banu , Eda Ertorer Melek , Omma Tülay , Evran Mehtap , Adaș Mine , Tanrikulu Seher , Aydin Kadriye , Pekkolay Zafer , Can Bulent , Karakilic Ersen , Karaca Zuleyha , Bilen Habib , Canturk Zeynep , Cetinarslan Berrin , Kadioglu Pinar , Yarman Sema

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between basal dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S) levels and other tests used in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Cushing’s Syndrome (CS) among the patients with pathologically confirmed CS.Methods: In this multicenter study, the data of 623 patients with CS were evaluated retrospectively. The patients were classified as Group 1 (n = 353 Cushing’s disease;CD), Group 2 (n</e...

ea0070aep182 | Bone and Calcium | ECE2020

Clinical characteristics of subjects with very high serum 25 OH vitamin D levels in turkey: DeVIT-TOX survey

Pekkolay Zafer , Gogas Yavuz Dilek , Sedar Saygili Emre , Topaloğlu Ömercan , Emir Önder Çağatay , Soylu Hikmet , Taskaldiran Isilay , Esen Pazır Ayșe , Ugur Kader , Tanrikulu Seher , Nur Firat Sevde , Meryem Atak Burcu , Batman Adnan , Omma Tülay , Cagiltay Eylem , Ozdemir Kutbay Nilufer , Çetinkaya Altuntaș Seher , Nasiroglu Imga Narin , Karakilic Ersen , Hekimsoy Zeliha , Kılınç Faruk , Yay Adnan , Eroğlu Mustafa , Kemal Tuzcu Alpaslan

Background: Treatment of vitamin D deficiency orinappropriate vitamin D supplementation may cause side effects associated with hypercalcemia. We observed a tendency to use very high single dose cholecalciferol for treatment of vitamin D deficiency.Aim: The primary aim of this study was to examine the clinical characteristics of patientswith very high serum 25OHD levels of vitamin D toxicity in Turkey.Materials and methods: An invit...