Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Increased thyroid volume and thyroid dysfunction (TD) in diabetics have been reported. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of thyroid disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in formerly iodine deficient area.Methods: We included 131 (73 females and 58 males) diabetics without a history of previous thyroid disease and symptoms. The demographic, medical and clinical data, laboratory results (fasting plasma glucose (FPG),...

Aim: In this study we aimed to investigate general properties and treatment modalities of our type 2 diabetic patients.Materials and methods: A total of 136 consecutive type 2 diabetic patients were investigated. Type 2 diabetic patients were divided into three different groups according to HbA1c level (<7% group 1, 7–9% group 2, >9% group 3).Results: Mean age of our type 2 diabetic patients (F n=95, M n</...

Background: Gaucher disease (GD) is the most prevalent lysosomal disorder caused by GBA mutations and abnormal glucocerebrosidase function, leading to glucocerebroside accumulation mainly in the liver, spleen, bone marrow, lungs, and occasionally in the central nervous system. Gaucher disease type 3c (GD3c) is a rare subtype of the subacute/chronic neuronopathic GD3, caused by homozygosity for the GBA p. Asp448His (D409H) mutation. Case...

The most frequent pathology of primary hyperparathyroidism presented with the findings of hypercalcemia is parathyroid adenoma. Some patients having the signs of primary hyperparathyroidism may have intrathyroidal parathyroid adenoma and it may be overlooked. We present a case of intrathyroidal parathyroid adenoma presented with bone pain.47-year-old female patient referred to our clinics with bone pain and she had no pruritus, dry mouth, dyspepsia, abdo...

Gout is an arthritis characterized by the deposition of monosodium urate cyristales in the joints because of chronic hyperuricemia. Infections, intravenous contrast materials, acidosis, trauma, surgical interventions can be counted as common causes of acute gout attack. The aim of this study was to present postoperative gout attack at a patient with parathyroidectomy.Case: Sixty five year old man presented with back pain and fatique was admitted to our e...

Objective: Our aim is to evaluate the effect of exenatide treatment on body weight, HbA1c and compliance to treatment.Material and method: A total of 36 (five M and 31 F) type 2 diabetic patients who were prescribed exenatide were evaluated for this study. Body weight, BMI, HbA1c parameters and side effects were noted from the outpatient clinic records.Result: The median age of our patients was 52 years of old (19–79 years). M...

Case: A 51-year-old-woman was referred to endocrinology outpatient clinic due to a thyroid nodule 9 mm in diameter. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy revealed papillary thyroid carcinoma and she was directed to surgery. The surgeon decided to perform subtotal thyroidectomy due to the small nodule size. Pathologic examination showed the histology to be consistent with tall cell carcinoma. Complementary total thyroidectomy was proposed to the patient but she did not accept the...

Introduction: Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP), is a rare neuromuscular disorder caused by dysfunction of the ion channels in red muscle cells which is characterized by painless episodes of muscle weakness generally after strenuous exertion or a high-carbohydrate meal. However, some HPP patients secondary to thyrotoxicosis are also described.Case: A 41-year-old Caucasian man, without any chronic disease, presented to our emergency department with gen...

Up to date, many studies were performed regarding the relationship between obesity and inflammation, and exophthalmos which is developed in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (Graves’ ophthalmopathy). Several studies suggest that transforming orbital preadipocytes into adipocytes may cause exophthalmos because of the inflammation. Therefore, we examined the relationship exophthalmos and obesity which is also called low-grade systemic inflammation. We investigated the relat...

Objective: Euthyroid patients undergoing thyroidectomy were reported to gain weight than their matched counterparts. The etiology is still unknown. Serum adiponectin and leptin levels are related to fat mass and thyroid hormones. We aimed to evaluate the influence of thyroidectomy on body composition, serum adiponectin, leptin levels in euthyroid obese and non-obese patients who underwent total thyroidectomy for goiter.Methods: We conducted a prospective...