Endocrine Abstracts

Summary: Hyperuricemia is associated with glucose metabolism disorders clinically. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between serum uric acid concentrations and some insulin resistance/sensitivity parameters in Turkish type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.Methods: The anthropometric and laboratory data of 87 type 2 diabetes patients of both sexes (35 male, 52 female) were evaluated retrospectively. HOMA-IR (homeostatic model of insulin resistance)...

Introduction: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is a common cause of heart failure in obese patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate diastolic function and its relation to body mass index (BMI) in overweight and obese patients by using transthoracic echocardiography.Material and method: A total of 133 cases were enrolled in the study. All anthropometric and laboratory measures were recorded. After measuring two-dimensional and M-mode ec...

Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most frequent thyroid tumour. Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) however, is very rare. We report a case of coexistent medullary and papillary carcinomas in two different foci in a patient with family history of TPC in a first-degree relative.Case: A 65-year-old female was examined for multinodular goiter (MNG). She had a family history of thyroid papillary carcinoma in her elder sister. Free T4, free T3<...

Aim: Hypocalcemia is a common problem after parathyroidectomy but is generally transient. In some cases the postoperative hypocalcemia is severe and prolonged despite normal or even elevated levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH). This phenomenon, called the hungry bone syndrome (HBS), occurs due to sudden withdrawal of PTH leading to a marked net increase in bone uptake of Ca, P, and Mg. We aimed to evaluate predictive factors for HBS development after parathyroidectomy.<p c...

Introduction: Mucoceles-mucus containing benign cysts of paranasal sinuses- are common with an incidence of 1% but involvement of sphenoid sinus is much less common. In this case report, we reported a patient presented with hypopituitarism after sphenoid mucocele drainage operation.Case report: A 59- year-old woman was admitted to our endocrinology out-patient clinics with a complaint of fatigue over the past 2 months. One month prior to admission, she h...

Introduction: Thyrolipoma (focal adenolipoma of thyroid gland) and thyrolipomatosis (diffuse lipomatosis in the gland) are rarely encountered pathologies in daily practice. We reported a case of small thyrolipoma incidentally diagnosed in a multinodular goiter patient.Case report: A 56 year-old man was admitted to our out-patient clinics with the complaint of a lump in his cervical region. His thyroid function tests were normal. In physical examination, ...

Aim: Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality of obesity is associated with classic risk factors, namely dyslipidaemia, hypertension and impaired glucose metabolism. Aim of this study is to evaluate inflammation as an independent risk factor by using neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR).Materials and methods: Patients who admitted to our outpatient clinic between January and December 2014 were assessed retrospectively. Patients diagnosed as diabetes, predi...

Several studies have reported that TSH is positively correlated with obesity, dyslipidaemia, and impaired glucose metabolism even in normal range limits. We aimed to evaluate the TSH levels in a cohort of otherwise healthy obese women without clinical evidence of thyroid dysfunction.Materials and methods: 127 female patients were enrolled in this study. Anthropometric and laboratory measurements were retrospectively analysed. Patients were divided into s...

Aim: It is well known that there is a strong relationship between chronic inflammation and tumorigenic process. The cytological diagnosis of follicular neoplasm (FN) carries a 20–30% risk of malignancy for thyroid nodules. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether preoperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a predictive factor for malignancy in thyroid nodules diagnosed as FN on cytology.Materials and methods: A total of 139 patients with...

Aim: Basal energy expenditure (BEE), also called basal metabolic rate, increases in cancer patients and is thought to contribute to the weight loss observed in cancer cachexia. Cancer type, pathological stage and duration of disease influence BEE. The aim of this study was to evaluate BEE and body composition in breast cancer patients.Methods: Forty-three women with breast cancer whose received adjuvant chemotherapy and 80 healthy age and body mass index...