Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hyperprolactinemia has been associated with dyslipidaemia, hypercoagulability, impaired endothelial function and decreased insulin sensitivity. Recent data show that prolactin hormone (PRL) could contribute to atherogenesis. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between MPV and PRL, androgen hormones, lipid profiles in premenopausal prolactinoma patients, who did not have insulin resistance (IR).Methods: Thirty-nine newly...

Introduction: Although numerous noninvasive markers are being used in order to determine preoperative thyroid cancer risk in patients with multi-nodular goiter, none of them are optimal. The objective of this study was to compare retrospectively the TSH level between two groups of subjects who underwent total thyroidectomy for a nodule and whose final histology was benign or malignant.Methods: Our study included 208 patients that underwent thyroidectomy ...

Background: The main objective of this study is to establish the rate of malignancy in residual thyroid tissue in patients with DTC, and whether the serum thyroglobulin (Tg) level before complementary thyroidectomy and histopathologic characteristics of the tumor would be able to foresee malignancy in residual tissue.Methods: Our study included 58 patients with DTC that underwent complementary thyroidectomy that results were analyzed retrospectively. Pat...

Aim: Sibutramine, orlistat and metformin appear beneficial for the treatment of adult with obesity. Several investigators have suggested that larger weight losses might be achieved by combining weight loss agents. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of sibutramine monotherapy versus sibutramine plus metformin combination therapy in obese women with normal glucose tolerance.Material-method: This is a 6 month, prospective and randomized ...

Introduction: Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection is the most significant cause of gastritis and related morbidities. Radioactive iodine treatment (RAIT) is an important option in the treatment of hyperthyroidism. In addition to thyroid gland, RAI accumulates in stomach in significant amounts. In our study, we planned to investigate whether RAIT has an effect on carbon-14-urea breath test (UBT) in patients with hyperthyroidism.Materials-method: The...