Endocrine Abstracts

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...

BackgroundCardiovascular complications of Cushing’s syndrome (CS) include; hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, and myocardial ischaemia. Also, CS can cause structural and functional changes in the heart, leading to dilated cardiomyopathy in rare cases. Here, we present a case with dilated cardiomyopathy related to Cushing’s syndrome.CaseA 31-year-old male patient applied to the cardiology de...

ObjectivePrimary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is the most common cause of hypercalcemia. A group of patients who were followed up with a diagnosis of PHPT had normal calcium levels with high parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. For the diagnosis of normocalcemic PHPT, secondary causes of hyperparathyroidism such as vitamin D deficiency should be excluded. In this study, the data of 318 PHPT patients who were operated were retrospectively analyzed, and biochem...

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 apoplexy is seen in 1.5–27.7% of pituitary adenomas. Common etiologies include hypertension, diabetes mellitus, radiotherapy, contrast-enhanced MR, surgery, drugs, anticoagulant, antithrombotic, estrogen, head trauma and pregnancy. SARS-CoV-2 had spread rapidly, and caused COVID-19 pandemic. Although it mainly causes respiratory problems, there may also be extrapulmonary involvement. COVID-19 infection is associated with hemorr...

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...

AimEuthyroid Sick Syndrome (ESS) is a thyroid disease appeared in critical and noncritical illnesses. ESS can be seen in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the frequency of ESS before and after renal transplantation in patients with ESRD, and its association with oxidative stress by evaluating thiol-disulphide levels.Material and MethodIn this study, free triiodo...

Objectives: The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is the fastest-spreading disease worldwide, with over 380 million cases and 5 million deaths. The presence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in patients with COVID-19 was associated with mortality, acute respiratory distress syndrome, disease progression. COVID-19 was progressed with some hematological disorders, especially lymphopenia. Studies implicated that neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) level can be a reliable marker ...

Aim: Postoperative hypocalcemia is seen in 26-42% patients after parathyroidectomy.There are quite a lot of studies investigating preoperative factors that might be used to predict postoperative hypocalcemia in thyroidectomized patients, however there are less studies in parathyroidectomized patients.In this study, our aim was to determine whether any preoperative clinical, laboratory or ultrasonographical feature anticipate hypocalcemia in parathyroidectomized patients due to...

Background: Medullary thyroid cancers (MTC) originate from parafollicular C cells and constitute 3-5% of all thyroid cancers. Calcitonin (CT) measurement is useful in the diagnosis of MTC. The sensitivity and specificity of CT are low in the measurement alone, and the sensitivity and specificity increase when used with pentagastrin and calcium stimulation tests. However, the difficulty of accessing pentagastrin, the uncertainty of the cut-off value in calcium stimulation tests...