Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid cancer in Turkey is the most common endocrine neoplasm with an incidence of 3.7%. Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common thyroid malignancy in a similar manner. Papillary thyroid carcinoma creates 50–90% of differentiated thyroid carcinomas. There is available in subgroups with poor prognosis. Case-specific mortality of 2% at 5, 10, and 20 years, only 4 and 5%.Mutations and re-arrangements in genes encoding proteins of the MAPK pathw...

Although the first line therapy for prolactinoma is medical. Visual field defect due to pituitary mass would lead to surgery. Herein, we share the post-operative follow-up of a macroprolactinoma case.Case: A 57-year-old male patient was operated on for a giant pituitary adenoma, which was compressing the optic chiasm. The postop prolactin (PL) value was found to be higher than 200 ng/ml and cabergoline treatment was initiated. Two months after the operat...

Case: Thirty seven years old patient whose complaint was head ache was seen in the out patient clinic for the follow up of her hormone replacement therapy. First time she was admitted to hospital with the complaint of confusion was in 2013. Her cranial MRI revelaed enlargement of optic chiasma with the possible diagnossis of optic chiasmatic glioma. Biopsy was taken out from this mass twice in July and November of 2013. In histological examinations, there were B and T lymphocy...

Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a high morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic disorders. This study was aimed at assessing the frequency and outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with lipodystrophy syndrome and investigating the effect of restricted access to the hospital during pandemic on metabolic parameters.Methods: A survey comprising descriptive questions about the situation of the patients during the COVID-19 pandemic was...

Objective: Acquired partial lipodystrophy (APL) is a rare disorder characterized by progressive selective fat loss. In previous studies, metabolic complications were reported to be relatively rare in APL, while they were quite common in other types of lipodystrophy syndromes. However, so far, there has been no systematic study on metabolic complications in APL.Methods: We have systematically evaluated 21 APL patients in the Turkish Lipodystrophy Study Gr...