Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Liraglutide is a long-acting GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist. GLP-1R is highly expressed in C-cells hyperplasia and in medullary thyroid cancer. We aimed to evaluate calcitonin levels stimulated by calcium test and possible development of C-cell hyperplasia during Liraglutide therapy in a case with obesity.Case Report: A 50-year-old woman was referred to endocrinology policlinic with complaints of increased appetite and weight gain. There wer...

Central nervous system involvement is observed in 5-14% of Behçet’s disease and this form is called neurobehçet syndrome (NBS). There are two main forms of CNS involvement in Neurobehçet syndrome, in which parenchymal involvement and vascular involvement are prominent. Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), the most prominent form of vascular involvement, has been reported in 8% in Behçet’s disease and in approximately 18% in NBS. Although CVT is the m...