Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenocortical oncocytomas are rare seen tumours. Most of these tumours are benign and non-functioning. We present here a case of oncocytic adrenocortical tumour, detected incidentally, presented with Cushing’s syndrome.Case: A 41-year-old male patient, while investigating for abdominal pain, bilateral adrenal masses were detected in abdominal ultrasonography and was admitted to Endocrinology Clinic. He had no history of hypertension. ...

Introduction: Natural history of adrenal incidentalomas has not been totally understood. Current data from subjects with adrenal incidentalomas demonstrated an increased rate of metabolic disturbances and cardiovascular risk. It has been shown that subjects with subclinical cortisol excess were more susceptible to diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. However, there is no data regarding prospective cardiovascular risk evaluation in subjects with subclinical Cushing’s syndr...

Background: In the presence of specific symptoms and signs, Cushing’s syndrome (CS) may be easily recognised. On the other hand, in overweight and obese patients without typical features of CS, diagnosis may be omitted. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence of CS among overweight and obese patients.Methods: We enrolled 264 overweight and obese patients who has not overt CS clinical features between January 2012 and December 2014 at Ankara Numune Ed...

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency may be an important predisposing factor for infections as well as autoimmune diseases in old individuals. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), is a meaningful indicator of inflammation throughout the body. In this study we aimed to show, whether or not a relationship exists between vitamin D levels and NLR in patients older than 65 years.Materials and method: Data of 82 patients over 65 years of age was retrospectively ex...

Introduction: Accumulating evidence indicate that high PTH resulting from primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism, is associated with hypertension, insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, obesity, and cardiovascular mortality. Here, we aimed to show whether high PTH levels in obese population contribute the metabolic complications of obesity.Methods/design: The medical records of all subjects attending the obesity outpatient clinic of Kartal Dr Lutfi Kirdar ...

Aim: Hyperinsulinaemia is frequent finding in patients with hyperprolactinemia and has associations with thyroid volume. In this study, we evaluated the association between thrombotic markers, insulin resistance, CIMT, and thyroid volume in female patients with prolactinoma.Material and methods: 38 women with prolactinoma and 24 healthy women were included to the study. We evaluated anthropometric, biochemical, hematologic and hormonal parameters as well...

Introduction: Diabetes is characterized by an increase in abdominal fat. This results in a decrease in lean body mass and increase in insulin resistance. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the possible relationship between body composition and insulin regimen modality in type 1 diabetic patients.Materials and methods: Ninety-two type 1 diabetic patient followed in our institution were included in the study. Patients were classified into two groups accor...

Introduction: Ectopic thyroid tissue is the result of abnormal gland migration from the foramen caecum to its normal pretracheal position. An ectopic thyroid can be lingual (at the base of the tongue), sub-lingual (below the tongue), prelaryngeal (in front of the larynx), or can be found at other rare sites. The most frequent noncervical location for ectopic thyroid tissue is the thoracic cavity. Here we discuss about a rare case of mediastinal ectopic thyroid tissue presentin...

Introduction: Pregnant women with known hypothyroidism must have monthly follow up with thyroid function tests. Appropriate L-thyroxin replacement dose can be given due to trimester specific thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. We will discuss about a hyperthyroid pregnant woman who was taking L-thyroxin replacement before and during the first trimester of pregnancy for hypothyroidism.Case: A 24-year old woman came to o...

Introduction: Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a simple, the most cost-effective, less invasive and a commonly used diagnostic tool for evaluating thyroid nodules. Recent times a tech-nique called fine-needle sampling non-aspiration (FNNA) or fine-needle capillary thyroid biopsies (FNC) has been more preferred. This technique prevents the use of suction so there is no aspiration crush and there-fore nondiagnostic outcomes are reduced. The aim of this prospective study was to co...