Endocrine Abstracts

A 49-year-old man with history of nodular goitre operation was referred to our clinic because of MTC in postoperative pathology. He had hypertension, postoperative hypothyroidism, no family history of thyroid carcinoma and sudden death. Laboratuary investigations showed high level of calcitonin (C) (763 pg/ml; normal<150), Carcino embryogenic antigen (CEA) (175 ng/ml; normal<2.5), normal thyroid function tests, parathormone, urinary catecholamines. Ser904 polymorphism ...

Background: Low plasma adiponectin concentrations are associated with diabetes mellitus. Resuts from animal studies suggest that adiponectin plays an important role in regulating insulin action. Leptin levels found to be low in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The recent studies showed that insulin replacement during DKA increased leptin concentrations. In our study, we aimed to determine the effect of insulin replacement on serum leptin and adiponectin concentration...