Endocrine Abstracts

In new classification of autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes (APS), APS-3 has defined as combination of autoimmune thyroid disease and other autoimmune disease except hypoparathyroidism and Addison’s disease. The present report describes a patient with APS-3 and pseudomalapsorbtion of levothyroxine (LT4). Twenty-three year old woman was referred to our center with hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) despite the usage of high dose LT4 treatment. HT was d...

The syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) is a disorder of impaired water excretion caused by inability to suppress secretion of antidiuretic hormone. The therapy of SIADH varies with severity of hyponatremia and presence or absence of symptoms. Non-peptide vasopressin receptor antagonists (vaptans) are effective at increasing sodium in euvolemic and hypervolemic states and appear safe. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of tolvaptan in euvolemic h...

The efficacy of peritoneal dialysis (PD) is closely related to the status of the peritoneum. Long-term PD leads to structural and functional changes in the peritoneum and affects dialysis adequacy. Also high-glucose content of dialysate accelerates peritoneal fibrosis. It is reported that ultrasonography (USG) reflects parietal peritoneal membrane thickness and PD duration is related with peritoneal thickness. This study aimed to evaluate peritoneal thickness with USG in PD pa...