Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Cystic prolactinomas are considered resistant to volume depletion by dopamine agonists (DAs). Because of the effectiveness and tolerability, dopamine agonists (DAs) are the first line therapies in prolactinoma and reduce tumor mass as well as prolactin levels in most of all patients. Rathke’s cleft cysts, craniopharyngiomas and arachnoid cysts are differential diagnoses to keep in mind. DAs resistance or intolerance, psychiatric disorders associated with dop...

Introduction: Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome (APS) is a very rare endocrinopaty, characterized by the coexistence of at least two glandular autoimmune mediated diseases. In this case a patient presented with hyperpigmentation of the whole body, significant weight loss for last 6 months.Case: A-49 year old male were refered to our deparment with loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea, weight loss and with marked buccal pigmentation. Blood pressure was 80/50...

: In this paper we present an 18-year-old patient with Klinefelter syndrome who has taurodontism. Klinefelter syndrome is the most common abnormality of sex chromosomes. It is characterized by hypogonadism, gynaecomastia, azoospermia or oligospermia, and increased levels of gonadotropins. Associated medical disorders can be categorized as follows; cancer, autoimmune disorders, intellectuel and psychiatric disorder, osteoporosis, endocrine disorders, venous disease and taurodon...

Giant cell granuloma is a skeletal manifestation seen now rarely in hyperparathyroidism due to early recognition of the disease. Lesions usually occur in the areas of intense bone resorption. They can affect mandible, maxilla, clavicle, ribs and pelvic bones. Most of the patients who have primary hyperparathyroidism are asymptomatic and are discovered incidentally during laboratory examinations. Here, we represent a female patient who was referred to endocrinology clinics beca...

Riedel thyroiditis (RT) is a rarest form of thyroiditis, and characterized by dense fibrosis of the throid gland and infiltration into surrounding tissues. RT generally presents with local symptoms association with compression and also fibrotic process can impact thyroid and parathyroid functions. We report a case with RT which presents with compression findings and also hypoparathyroidism and hypothyroidism. 30 year old women visited our outpatient clinic with a complaint of ...

Insulinomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of the pancreas with an incidence of four per 1 million persons per year. The co-existence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and insulinoma is very rare. We report a case of 73 year old women with malignant insulinoma and type 2 DM. A 73 year old woman with type 2 diabetes was referred to our clinic for recurrent and severe hypoglycemia especially in the early morning hours. The patient had a history of type 2 DM for 10 years. Although...

Introduction: Malignant insulinoma is a rare functional endocrine tumor of the pancreas. Therefore, there are few data regarding their optimal therapy and long term prognosis. Malignancy is defined by the presence of metastases, mostly in lymph nodes or the liver. Generally these patients present with severe hypoglycemia and require multiple therapies. Here, we described the management of a patient with malignant insulinoma.Case: A 41-year-old woman with...

Background: Treatment of vitamin D deficiency orinappropriate vitamin D supplementation may cause side effects associated with hypercalcemia. We observed a tendency to use very high single dose cholecalciferol for treatment of vitamin D deficiency.Aim: The primary aim of this study was to examine the clinical characteristics of patientswith very high serum 25OHD levels of vitamin D toxicity in Turkey.Materials and methods: An invit...