Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acromegalic osteopathy is an emerging complication characterized by high risk for vertebral fractures (VFS), whereas bone mineral density (BMD) may not be useful to predict the risk. Recent studies have reported that increased advenced glycation end products (AGEs) are associated with bone fragility. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between AGEs and VFs in patients with acromegaly.Study design: Cross-sectionalPat...

Introduction: Goiter means that the thyroid gland is larger than the normal size for the patient’s age and gender. Some of the causes of goiter are iodine deficiency, thyroid nodules, Graves’ disease(GD). Goiter, hyperthyroidism, ophthalmopathy and dermopathy can be seen in GD. Compression symptoms due to goiter (dyspnea, dysphagia, superior vena cava syndrome) are also seen. Here, we will present a case of GD with superior vena cava syndrome.C...

Introduction: Although the radiographic and histological features are the same as benign pheochromocytomas, malignant and metastatic pheochromocytoma is differentiated by invasion of the surrounding tissues and organ metastasis. Here, we present a young patient with a diagnosis of metastatic pheochromocytoma presenting with hypertension attacks, headache and flushing.Case presentation: A 22-year-old woman with a history of hypertension who had been suffe...

Introduction: Adrenocorticalcarcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy with an aggressive prognosis, an incidance of 1–2 cases/million/year. It is the cause of 0.2% of all cancer deaths. It is seen in the 4th and 5th decades in adults and mostly unilateral and sporadic. Herein, we present a case of sarcomatoid type ACC which is symptomatic with mass compression and hypertansive attacks.Case presentation: A-52-year-old male was referred to our endocrinolog...