Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypoglycemia is defined as a reduction in plasma glucose concentration to a level that may induce symptoms such as sweating, shaking, palpitation, headache, blurry vision, loss of consciousness, seizure, coma. We present a case with hypoglycemia which is due to the use of exogenous insulin.Case presentation: A 72-years-old patient with Alzheimer disease who was admitted to the emergency clinic because of unconscio...

Aim and objective: Mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening fungal infection. Immunocompromised patients are often affected. We report a rare diabetic patient with pancreatic adenocarcinoma who was presented diabetic ketoacidosis and rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis.Case presentation: A 66 years old man with pancreatic adenocarcinoma and type 2 diabetes mellitus was presented diabetic ketoacidosis and severe infection of the facial sinuses, orbita, and ...

Aim and objective: Mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening fungal infection. Immunocompromised patients are often affected. We report a rare diabetic patient with pancreatic adenocarcinoma who was presented diabetic ketoacidosis and rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis.Case presentation: A 66 years old man with pancreatic adenocarcinoma and type 2 diabetes mellitus was presented diabetic ketoacidosis and severe infection of the facial sinuses, orbita, and ...

Objective: Diet, lifestyle changes, medical agents and surgical approaches are treatment options in obese patients. We reported two morbid obese patients who lost 25 and 21% of their previous weight respectively with only lifestyle changes and orlistat therapy.Case 1: Forty nine year-old woman had type 2 diabetes mellitus for 20 years. She took premix insulin twice a day. Her height was 157 cm, her weight was 120 kg, body mass index was 48.6 kg/m2</...

Aim and objective: The aims of this study were to determine the incidence of breast cancer molecular subgroups, to investigate the relationship between autoimmune thyroid disease and prognostic and predictive factors in patients who were diagnosed with breast cancer.Materials and methods: One hundred one patients who were followed up with the diagnosis of breast cancer at our Endocrinology and Medical Oncology Departments were included. Patients are divi...

Background and aim: Pheochromocytoma, is a catecholamine-producing tumor, may rarely secrete other hormones such as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). We aimed to report a rare case of ectopic cushing syndrome due to malignant pheochromocytoma.Case report: A 42-year-old man admitted to outpatient clinic with headache, irritability, vomiting, nausea, and palpitation. He had paroxysmal hypertension and urinary fractionated metanephrines were measured appr...

Background and aim: Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disease and is associated with an increased prevalence of colorectal cancer and pre-malignant tubular adenomas, and also may be associated with other organ malignancies such as breast and thyroid. We report a rare case of acromegaly concomitant with adenocarcinoma arising from pancreas.Case report: A 52-year-old man who was diagnosed with acromegaly two years ago referred our outpatient clinic. After dia...