Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyrolipoma (focal adenolipoma of thyroid gland) and thyrolipomatosis (diffuse lipomatosis in the gland) are rarely encountered pathologies in daily practice. We reported a case of small thyrolipoma incidentally diagnosed in a multinodular goiter patient.Case report: A 56 year-old man was admitted to our out-patient clinics with the complaint of a lump in his cervical region. His thyroid function tests were normal. In physical examination, ...

Objective: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a life-threatening genetic disease associated with elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and premature coronary heart disease that is globally underdiagnosed and undertreated. This study aimed to search for the demographical characteristics, awareness and treatment adherence of underdiagnosed or undertreated FH patients from the records of the central biochemistry laboratory.Methods: Patient...

The enzyme chitotriosidase (ChT) is secreted by activated macrophages and play active role in human immune response. ChT activity is increased in atherosclerosis in association to the extent of the disease. We investigated the relevance of ChT to endothelial functions and insulin resistance in patients with T2DM.Forty newly diagnosed and untreated patients with T2DM (male 17; age: 47.0±6.2 years) and 50 healthy volunteers (male 21; age: 50.2±8....