Endocrine Abstracts

Preoperative preparation of the hyperthyroid patient for thyroidectomy is imperative to avoid perioperative complications due to severe thyrotoxicosis. 24-years old woman was admitted at our clinic for uncontrolled Graves’ disease. In our case, agranulocytosis introduced by propylthiouracil. Therefore, surgery was the only chance of an effective therapy. In cases when the patient is unresponsive to medical therapy or when such therapy is contraindicated, therapeutic plasm...

Aim: Autonomic cortisol secretion (ACS) is a clinical picture without overt signs of Cushing’s Syndrome despite adrenal adenoma and ACTH-independent cortisol secretion. These patients, who currently do not have a standard treatment, are followed up, especially for known comorbidities of hypercortisolemia such as obesity, diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, osteoporosis, and hyperlipidemia. However, it remains unclear how long the patients will be followed and when the t...

Introduction: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 11 beta-hydroxylase deficiency (11βOHD) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder. It results defects in adrenal cortisol and aldosterone synthesis. Early diagnosis and initiation of treatment in male patients are essential in order to prevent serious complications. We report a male patient with CAH who developed complications because of late diagnosisCase Report: 44-year-old male patien...

AimTo examine and compare the anxiety level and stress perception of acromegaly patients with controlled and active disease in the COVID-19 pandemic.Material and Method49 (23 females/26 males) patients admitted to the outpatient clinic during the first month after the pandemic period were recruited in this cross-sectional study. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (S-Anxiety for state scale, T-Anxiety for trait sca...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a disease associated with a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD), especially in cortical bones such as distal radius. Therefore, the BMD measurement of forearm is valuable in the detection of cortical bone loss by PHPT. However, forearm measurement is not routinely recommended for the diagnosis of osteoporosis in PHPT. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the importance and priority of forearm BMD measurement in PHPT.<p ...

Aim: We aimed to evaluate wrist and ankle measurements in patients with and without diabetes-related macrovascular disease.Material and method: 151 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes who came to our diabetic outpatient clinic were included. We have divided the patients into two groups. Group 1 (patients with diabetes related macrovascular complications) and group 2 (patients without diabetes related macrovascular complications). Group 1 (n</em...

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of the pandemic process on those with an endocrinological disease that will require close follow-up from the last visit before the pandemic.DesignThis was a retrospective study.MethodsPatients of 3903 with thyroid, calcium-bone metabolism, adrenal gland, pituitary diseases, and neuroendocrine tumor (NET) were retrospectively scanne...

PurposeTo assess the depression and anxiety and their relationship with disease activity in patients with Cushing’s syndrome (CS) in the COVID-19 pandemic.Material and methodsThis is a cross-sectional study including 54 patients with CS (48 female/6 male). Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)-State, STAI-Trait were used to evaluate, scores and severity of depression...

Background: Hypophysitis is a rare group of disease characterized with infla mmation of the pituitary gland. Rarity of the disease obviates development of a treatment strategy. We aimed to present the nationwide data of the demographics, clinical and radiological characteristics, treatment modalities and responses of the patients diagnosed with hypophysitis in a retrospective manner.Methods: The endocrinology clinics all over the country were invited to ...