Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The involvement of certain organs such as the adrenal gland is rare in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). Although lymphomas can involve virtually all extranodal organs, different organs show different frequency of involvement. Adrenal gland involvement is usually bilateral. We report that a rare case of unilateral adrenal involvement of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presenting with abdominal pain.Case: A 64-year-old-man presented with abdo...

A 27-year-old woman with had sweating flushing attacks for three years prior to pregnancy, but did not follow with any medical examination. At 12th gestational week, hypertension was detected and alpha-methyldopa was started, no abnormal findings were found in the routine examinations, in the 24-h holter study, blood pressure values (using alpha-methyldopa) were found to be higher than 144/99 (general), 147/101 (awake) and 134/92 mmHg (sleep). 24-hour urinary levels of catecho...

Background: Sitagliptin, unlike the some major antihyperglycemic drugs, is not associated with weight gain and has neutral effects on body weight. It is unclear whether sitagliptin treatment alters immune functions and insulin resistance in people with type 2 diabetes. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of sitagliptin on insulin resistance and immune functions in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods: Twenty type 2 diabetic su...

Although serum calcium (Ca), phosphorus and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels tend to normalize after successful kidney transplantation (KT), persistent hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) can have deleterious effects on graft function. We aimed to evaluate the effect of parathyroidectomy (PTx) on graft function in recipients after KT.Methods: This retrospective study conducted in 319 adult KT recipients. PHPT is defined as serum corrected Ca level >10.2 mg/dl...

Background: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by venous or arterial thrombosis and/or an adverse pregnancy outcome in the presence of persistent laboratory evidence of antiphospholipid antibodies. Loss of adrenal function due to bilateral adrenal vein thrombosis, resulting in hemorrhagic infarction, may occur in association with APS.Case presentation: We present the case of a 45-year-old woman with APS diagnosis since she was 37, with hist...

Background: Obesity and diabetes are major causes of morbidity and mortality that are increasing all over the world. As obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetic patients, weight loss has an important place in the treatment of type 2 diabetic patients. In our study, it’s aimed to evaluate the effects of exenatide and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in obese diabetic patients on the clinical and laboratory parameters.Subjects and metho...

Introduction: Generally, symptoms of celiac disease is not accompanied when present together with autoimmune endocrine diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of silent celiac disease in the APS and autoimmune monoglandular disorders by measuring tissue transglutaminase antibodies (ttgAb).Methods: A total of 103 patients with monaglandular or polyglandular autoimmune endocrine disorders and 32 control subjects were enrolled in the...

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...

Objective: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has been increasing for several decades. Few studies have recently showed functional and morphological changes of the thyroid gland in relation to obesity. The aim of this study was to correlate thyroid nodule size with body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels.Methods: A total of 119 patients diagnosed with euthyroidic nodular goiter were included in this...