Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Survival is increased in childhood-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and approximately half of patients are diagnosed after the age of 15. Thus, a considerable number of patients with type 1 DM are adults. In this study, we aimed to investigate glycemic control and modalities of treatments in adult type 1 DM patients.Material and methods: Data of type 1 DM patients hospitalized between January 2004 and December 2009 were evaluated retrosp...

Objective: Incidence of concomitant thyroid cancer and Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is found to be 0.3–58% in different series. In this study, we aimed to find out HT incidence in thyroid cancer patients in our clinic and we tried to determine ultasonographic and histopathologic features of tumor in these patients.Method: About 165 patients diagnosed with thyroid carcinoma between 2005 and 2008 were included in the study. Patients with Graves’s d...

Objective: Role of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in thyroid oncogenesis is not clear. There are few trials about relationship of TSH, thyroid hormones and autoantibodies with malignancy. We aimed to investigate thyroid function tests and malignancy in patients evaluated in thyroid disease council and decided to be managed with thyroidectomy.Method: About 272 patients were included in the study. Hyperthyroid and hypothyroid patients, patients on <smal...

Objective: Mean platelet volume (MPV), is an indicator of platelet sizes, and an indirect marker of platelet function and activity. In this study, we aimed to evaluate MPV in patients with acromegaly, and to investigate the effects of octreotide long acting repeatable (LAR) on MPV after 6-month therapy.Methods: Data of 25 patients with acromegaly (16 women; 9 men; mean age, 43.8±13.5 years) included in the study were searched retrospectively. The da...

Introduction: Amyloid accumulation in the thyroid gland leading to a clinically detectable mass is a rare clinical entity. The diagnosis of thyroid amyloidosis can be confused clinically as well as cytologically with both colloidal goiter or neoplastic processes of the thyroid. We report a case of thyroid amyloidosis that was initially misinterpreted as medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) clinical and cytological examination.Case: A 24 years old man with c...

ObjectivesAdherence to treatment is one of the most important parameters that affect the success of the treatment in hypothyroidism. We aimed to evaluate the use and adherence to treatment and determine the factors that are related to adherence in patients on levothyroxine therapy.Materials and MethodsPatients older than 18 years old and using levothyroxine for hypothyroidism were recruited. Demographical, so...

BackgroundWe aimed to determine the awareness of obese, overweight and normal weight patients about the complications, causes and prevention of obesity.MethodsPatients who admitted to our clinic during a four months period were included. Demographical features, familial histories of obesity, smoking, alcohol use, chronic diseases, medications, medical nutrition therapy and exercise habits were determined. Ans...

IntroductionPituitary gland tumors constitute approximately 10–15% of primary brain tumors, and posterior pituitary tumors are extremely rare. Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a low grade non-neuroendocrine neoplasm. Here, we will present our case who was found to have GCT during follow-up of diabetes insipidus (DI).CaseA 23-year-old male patient applied to our outpatient clinic for routine control. 12 years...

Aim: It is hypotethically thought that increased frequency of breast cancer in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism(PHPT)may be due to the fact that calcium accumulation in the breast may be higher in patients with PHPT giving rise to more breast-related examinations. Although there are many studies or case reports showing calcification in many organs and tissues, in PHPT, there is not any study investigating breast calcification in these patients in the literature. We ai...

Introduction: While Graves’ disease is a common cause of thyrotoxicosis, tyroid hormone resistance (THR) is a rare cause of high thyroid hormones. Coexistence of Graves’ disease and THR which can cause quite a lot of difficulties in diagnosis and treatment was reported very rarely in the literature. Here, we report a patient with THR and Graves’ disease in whom remission was achieved with medical therapy.Case: A 38-year-old woman applied t...