Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hirsutism is a disease in which, women chin, upper lip, chest, abdomen, showing the terminal structure to increase hair growth in the male pattern of distribution as androgen sensitive back and thighs are seen. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been proposed as a simple inflammatory marker of response. Increased value of NLR cardiovascular venture in patients was found to be an indicator of poor prognosis. In our study, we aimed to determine the association b...

Introduction: It was aimed to evaluate the biochemical and hormonal parameters in female patients with and without polycystic ovary and presenting with symptoms of hirsutism.Materials and methods: In this study, 217 female patients presenting with symptoms of hirsutism were enrolled. Seventy-two female patients having polycystic ovaries by ultrasonography were named as group 1 and 145 female patients with normal ovaries were named as group 2. FSH, LH, pl...

Introduction: Insulinomas are rare pancreatic islet cell tumours with an incidence of four cases per million per year. About 10% of all insulinomas are malignant. We here examined an insulinoma with aggressive driving in a young male patient with severe hypoglycaemia in the emergency room.Case report: 34-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department with the blurring of consciousness. Blood glucose was 19 mg/dl, consciousness tends to sl...

Introduction: In this study we aimed to examine the risk factors associated with mortality of pneumonia among diabetic seniors in Turkish general population.Material and methods: After excluding individuals from other minorities, elderly diabetic patients who had been hospitalized due to pneumonia in recent three years consisted of study population. A total of 610 subjects aged 65 years or older were retrospectively analyzed and 196 patients who had no m...

Introduction: Rhabdomyolysis is usually attributed to trauma. However, there is an association of rhabdomyolysis with hyperosmolar states. It is also important to realize that hyperosmolar coma can be the presenting complaint of a diabetic seeking medical attention for the first time. In this case-report we aimed to present a patient with acute kidney injury due to rhabdomyolysis and hyperosmolar state.Case report: Forty nine-year-old black male patient ...