Endocrine Abstracts

Background: A rare cause of ectopic Cushing’s Syndrome (ECS) is pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasm (NEN) with a broad spectrum of clinical behavior. At the time of diagnosis, pulmonary NENs may present as occult tumors or well-defined round-to-oval lesions in close relationship to the bronchus. Herein, we describe a NEN that developed ECS three years later in a patient followed up for a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN).Case Presentation: A 56-year-old...

BackgroundCardiovascular complications of Cushing’s syndrome (CS) include; hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, and myocardial ischaemia. Also, CS can cause structural and functional changes in the heart, leading to dilated cardiomyopathy in rare cases. Here, we present a case with dilated cardiomyopathy related to Cushing’s syndrome.CaseA 31-year-old male patient applied to the cardiology de...

İntroduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Endocan is potential immunoinflammatory and endothelial dysfunction marker that may be linked to CVD. This study aimed to evaluate the risk of CVD in PCOS patients and to identify the novel biomarker for CVD risk.Material and methods: We analyzed 52 premenopausal women with PCOS and 59 healthy controls. Clinical, biochemical parameters and endoca...

ObjectiveThere is limited clinical data available on bilateral adrenal masses (BAM). Here we present a case with BAC and adrenal insufficiency. The patient’s lesions disappeared after steroids, re-grew in the follow-up, allowing a biopsy.CaseA 60-year-old male patient presented with abdominal pain, nausea, and weakness to another hospital. Hyponatremia and hyperkalemia accompanied by hypotension were det...

IntroductionLung transplantation was associated with a 32% prevalence of hypercholesterolemia and a 41% prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia. The prevalence of dyslipidemia in liver transplant recipients is 43% and 31% –51%. In this report, we present 2 cases who developed dyslipidemia after transplantation.Case 1The blood test of a 73-year-old male patient who had lung transplantation about 3 years ago re...

Background and aim: The risk for breast cancer in patients with thyroid cancer has been investigated in previous studies, and has been found to be increased. In this study we, therefore present retrospective analysis of the patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma in respect to breast cancer and family history for breast cancer.Methods: We conducted a retrospective study involving 455 patients with a diagnosis of differentiated thyroid carcinoma be...

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency is a common health problem. Vitamin D supplements are used to improve vitamin D status. However, there are few data about what doses to give and how often to give. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of single high dose or daily low dose oral cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) on vitamin D levels and muscle strenght.Methods and design: 60 healthy postmenouposal women who had serum vitamin D levels wer...

Aims: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PH) has been reported to be associated with increased insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular inflammatory markers. The aims of this study were to evaluate the rate of metabolic syndrome (MS) and effect of parathormone, calcium and phosphorus levels to MS components in PH subjects.Methods: One hundred and fifty one subjects, 23 men and 128 women, aged 53±11.2 years with newly diagnosed PH ...