Endocrine Abstracts

Pituitary apoplexy is a rare and life-threatening disorder often requiring emergency neurosurgical intervention to preserve vision and prevent cerebral herniation syndrome. Infarction or hemorrhage of an enlarged pituitary gland or pituitary tumor is the most common cause of pituitary apoplexy. Early recognition of this disorder is essential for preventing permanent visual loss or death; however, pituitary apoplexy often mimics subarachnoid hemorrhage, which in some cases may ...

Nodular thyroid disease is frequently observed in patients with acromegaly. The aim of this study is to evaluate thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer frequency in acromegalic patients. The data of 125 acromegalic (55 males and 70 females) patients followed over 10 years were evaluated retrospectively from the recorded files. Data for gender, age, duration of acromegaly, thyroid function tests, thyroid ultrasonography (US), and thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and thy...

Lesions causing primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) can be summarised as solitary adenoma (80–85%), multiglandular hyperplasia (15%), parathyroid carcinoma (1%). While double adenomas are identified in 2–15% of the patients which are operated for PHP, triple adenomas are very rare. The case is presented because in the recent years patients who are admitted to the hospital with intense bone complaints are very unusual and multiple adenomas are also seldom. 22 years old ...

Aim: Colonic polyps and thyroid nodules are common diseases and frequency increases with age. In the literature, there is no study investigating the relationship between colonic polyps and thyroid nodules. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate thyroid nodule frequency in patients who have colonic polyps.Material and methods: Sixty-six patients with colonic polyps and 146 patients without colonic polyps enrolled in the study. Age and sex match...

Increased plasma concentration of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, has been associated with cardiovasular risk factors. The aim of this study was evaluate plasma ADMA levels and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and healty controls.Thirty-five patients with PCOS and age, body mass index (BMI) matced thirty-one healty subjects were included in the study.PCOS w...