Endocrine Abstracts

A 36 years of old patient was admitted to the intensive care unit of cardiology when he experienced palpitations and orthopnea. The patient’s complaints started about 2 years ago as syncope and sudden shortness of breath. Thorax CT showed pleural effusion and increased cardiothoracic index. Findings on ECHO were : Ejection fraction 35%, severe mitral regurgitation and global hypokinesia. Coronary angiogram showed a fibrocalcific plaque noted in in the distal LAD. The pati...

BackgroundPituitary xanthogranulomas are extremely rare tumors of the sellar region. A cystic mass lesion was found in the pituitary MRI of our patient diagnosed with central diabetes insipidus (DI). We aimed to present a case who was operated for a pituitary mass and diagnosed with sellar xanthogranuloma.Case presentation37-year-old female patient was applied to our outpatient clinic with complaints of polyd...

Patient is a 43 years old female without any known additional disease. A pituitary mass was seen in the cranial MRI taken due to the complaint of forgetfulness. Pituitary MRI of the patient revealed a ’large intrasellar mass of 3.2x3x2.3 cm, which expanded the sella and pressed the optic chiasm’. The patient didn’t describe any symptoms other than forgetfulness. She didn’t have galactorrhea, cushingoid or acromegaloid appearance. Patients laboratuary evalua...

Objective: While postoperative hypoparathyroidism can usually be controlled with elemental calcium (Ca) and calcitriol therapy, rarely this treatment may be inadequate and teriparatid therapy may be used as an alternative. In the literature, it is reported that teriparatid therapy is effective and reliable in the treatment of patients with postoperative hypoparathyroidism, as well as improving quality of life and reducing the frequency of hospitalization. In this report, we pr...

BackgroundPrimary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) is defined as a lymphoma involving only the thyroid gland or the thyroid gland and adjacent (regional) neck lymph nodes. Primary lymphomas of the thyroid are uncommon tumours, representing approximately 5% of the thyroid neoplasms and 2% of extranodal lymphomas. The most characteristic presentation is that of a rapidly enlarging neck mass often associated with dysphagia [5]. The majority of patients are euthyroid ...