Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Copeptin, the C-terminal fragment of arginine vasopressin pro-hormone, has been associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS), diabetes mellitus (DM) development. The aim of our study is to evaluate preoperative and postoperative alterations of copeptin in patients who underwent obesity surgery and evaluate any differences between sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and mini gastric bypass (MGB) in terms of copeptin levels.Subjects and Methods: Twenty ...

Brown tumor is a non-neoplastic lesion which resulting from abnormal bone metabolism caused by hyperparathyroidism. We report a rare case of peripheral brown tumor related with primary hyperparathyroidism which simulating a peripheral giant cell granuloma of the jaws.Introduction: PHPT occurs in a setting of excessive parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion which resulting in hypercalcemia.Case report: A 50-year-old man was admitted to...