Endocrine Abstracts

Case: A 75-year-old male patient was treated for lung adenocarcinoma 12 years ago. During the routine imaging studies of the patient who was followed without treatment after curing, a suspicious, non-adenomatous lesion in the right adrenal gland, 16×9 mm in size was detected by thoracic computed tomography. Serum aldosterone/renin ratio and urine catecholamine tests were normal with no complaints of suspicion for pheochromocytoma. F18FDG PET-CT showed an increase in metab...

A 60-year-old male patient who presented with left hip and knee pain was found to be compatible with primary hyperparathyroidism (PTH:2233 pg/ml, calcium: 15.7 mg/dl, phosphorus: 2.9 mg/dl creatinin:1.99 mg/dl, 25-OH-D:9.7 μg/l, ALP:532 mU/ml). Bone grafts of the patient showed multiple lytic lesions in the pelvis, cranium and long-bones. Neck ultrasonography showed hypoechoic solid nodule with cystic areas, 2×2 cm with size in the left thyroid gland inferior region ...

Introduction: Hyalinizing trabecular adenomas (HTA) of the thyroid gland is a rare neoplasm of follicular cell origin. HTA can be present as a thyroid nodule or incidental finding in a thyroidectomy specimen. HTA is generally accepted to be a benign tumor, but their cytological features can be similar to those of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).Case report: A 59 year old woman, who had cholangiocellular carcinoma, admitted to our institution with a sol...

Introduction: Hypervitaminosis D is a rarely reported condition. It may be observed more frequently because of the recent increase in supplement use of vitamin D. Herein, we report a case of vitamin D intoxication which was the first case with this high level of calcium as we searched the literature.Case report: A 57-year old hypertensive woman admitted to our emergency room with symptoms of constipation, loss of appetite and confusion. Blood pressure, h...

Background: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by venous or arterial thrombosis and/or an adverse pregnancy outcome in the presence of persistent laboratory evidence of antiphospholipid antibodies. Loss of adrenal function due to bilateral adrenal vein thrombosis, resulting in hemorrhagic infarction, may occur in association with APS.Case presentation: We present the case of a 45-year-old woman with APS diagnosis since she was 37, with hist...

Background: Brown tumor of bone is a non-neoplastic lesion resulting from abnormal bone metabolism in hyperparathyroidism. Brown tumor, as the only and initial symptom of normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism is extremely rare.Case presentation: A 69-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital with a mass in the right thigh. A mass lesion of the right distal femur with bone and soft tissue infiltration was observed in the lower extremity mag...

Background: Obesity and diabetes are major causes of morbidity and mortality that are increasing all over the world. As obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetic patients, weight loss has an important place in the treatment of type 2 diabetic patients. In our study, it’s aimed to evaluate the effects of exenatide and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in obese diabetic patients on the clinical and laboratory parameters.Subjects and metho...

Objectives: Obesity is a chronic and progressive disease that limits physical activity, causes psychological problems, and finally leads to social isolation of the person. Detecting the factors affecting obesity and its prevalence in the populaton are important steps in dealing with the problem. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the obesity prevalence and the factors affecting this prevalence in randomly selected volunteers from residents of the city of Bursa.<p class="a...

Background: Aggressive pituitary adenomas (APAs) take place phenotypically between benign pituitary adenomas and pituitary carcinomas with systemic metastasis. Frequent recurrence and resistance to conventional treatments are characteristic features of APAs in their clinical course. Temozolomide is an alkylating agent that has been used in the treatment of pituitary carcinomas and APAs since 2006. Herein, we report a patient who received temozolomide treatment due to APA.<...

Background: Because of prolong exposure to elevated endogenous growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) levels in acromegaly, it is resulted in multipl comorbidities such as somatic growth, hypertension, diabetes and sleep apnea. Systemic complications caused by acromegaly include gastrointestinal (GIS) involvement. In our study it was planned to evaluate the upper GIS findings by using endoscopic and ultrasonographic methods in acromegaly patients.<p cla...