Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Many factors influence intensity and duration of exposure to ultraviolet, including geographic location, season, dietary intake, atmospheric conditions and the daily sunlight exposure. Study was performed to determine prevelance of hypovitaminosis in housebound elderly.Design: 41 people (22 men and 19 women) living in Konya Residantal Care (RC) were taken. Serum 25-OH vitamin D (VD) measured in winter and in summer. Results were evaluated b...

Introduction: We aimed to investigate the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and relation of HOMA-IR with age, sex and body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of diabetes in Turkish population of different regions.Methods: Cross-sectional observational study was done in the frame of Turkish prevalence of insulin resistance multicenter study. The study sample consisted of volunteers from seven different regions of Turkey. Weight...

Methods: This study, was a cross-sectional survey. Sampling design was based upon multistage probability sampling. Patient with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and any other diseases were excluded from the study. Age and gender were noted. Heights, weights and waist circumference (WC) were measured. BMI was calculated. Blood pressure (BP) was measured. Fasting thyrigliseride levels were evaluated. Patients were divided into two groups according to their triglyc...

Introduction: Differentiated thyroid cancer has usually good prognosis and long-term survival. Distant metastasis ratio is 5–15%. Metastasis to cerebrum, breast, liver, kidney, muscle, and skin is relatively rare. The study of molecular mechanisms of PTC has demonstrated that BRAFV600E gene mutation is a significant event in the process of this disease.Case: 55-year-old-male patient who had multinodular goiter showed malignant cytology in fine-needl...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP), is generalized with calcium, phosphate, and bone metabolism disorder due to increased PTH secretion. It’s common in fifth and sixth decades. Nowadays, it’s widely detected by measurement of blood calcium and may be presented with minimal or no symptoms.Design: 102 patients with PHP admitted to Department of Endocrinology, between years of 2008–2013 were analyzed.Result...

Numerous clinical manifestations have been described in association with Cushing’s disease (CD). There was no eligible data on pulmonary function tests in CD patients. We aimed to assess pulmonary function test included spirometry in a series of patients with active Cushing’s disease (2 men, 9 women). Mean age, height, weight, body mass index were 36.7±12.6 (range 22–63 years), 156.9±8.4 cm, 74.1±10.7 kg, 29.6±3.8 kg/m2, respective...

Objective: Hyperprolactinemia is a rare endocrine disorder in childhood, which may be due to various etiological factors and may present with different signs and symptoms. We aimed to evaluate the etiologic reasons, clinical features and outcome in hyperprolactinemia patients retrospectively.Method: Data from 25 patients who were followed up with hyperprolactinemia between years 2009 and 2017 were evaluated.Results: A total of 25 p...

Objective: Different methods are used to identify individuals with insulin resistance. The gold standard is the euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp. However, in clinical practice, clamp is not preferred because it is cumbersome, the HOMA-IR index is used more often. The Trigliserid-glucose (TyG) index is a new and practical way to identify individuals with insulin resistance (IR). When compared to HOMA-IR, this index has been shown to be more reliable in determining insulin resi...

Backgorund: Adrenal incidentalomas (AI) are lesions discovered incidentally on imaging without clinical symptoms or examination findings. AI can produce hormones in 5-30% of cases. Autonomic cortisol secretion (ACS) is the most common of these. Although ACS is asymptomatic, it increases the risk of metabolic disorders.Methods: Patients aged ≥18 years with adrenal adenoma and upper abdominal MRI who presented and were examined in the endocrinology o...

Aim: Thyroid hormones have many effects on the cardiovascular system. May studies have showed that apparent or subclinical hypothyroidism increase the risk of hypertension hyperlipidemia and so lead to atherosclerosis susceptibility. This risk can be reduced by treatment. But, studies on the relationship between thyroid function tests and cardiovascular risk in euthyroid subjects are contradictory. This study was designed to investigate the effect of TSH, free T3, f...