Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) seen in 10–70% of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) has a significant risk of mortality. We present a DKA in a patient with DM1 resulted in hypokalemia related ECG abnormalities that the diagnosis needed to be differentiated from acute coronary syndrome. A 18-year-old women without any significant past medical history admitted to hospital with a two day history of fatique, weakness, nausea, vomiting. Patient appeared hipovolemic. Vit...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the change in serum ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) level and oxidative stress markers (total antioxidant status, TAS, total oxidant status, TOS) in patients with metabolic syndrome (metS).Research design and methods: We studied 52 metS patients (56.74±12.75 mean age), and 36 control subjects (54.47±6.52 mean age). The presence of metS was diagnosed according to National Cholesterol Education Pr...

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum vaspin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or polycystic ovaries (PCO).Design: Twenty-four women with PCOS and 23 women with PCO constituted the study groups. The control group comprised 24 healthy women.Methods: Homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), CRP and serum vaspin levels were measured. The receiver operating chara...

Background and aim: Thyroid gland is considered to be rare site of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (tbc), even in countries with a high prevalance. The aim of this study is to ases the correlation between thyroid nodules and pulmonary tbc with fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and to find out the incidence of thyroid gland tbc.Material and methods: The main purpose of this study is to find out tbc incidence in pulmonary tbc patients with thyroid nodules...

Background and aim: In the general population, the frequency of thyroid micronodules is increasing and the prevalence of malignancy is higher in nodules at this size. The ultrasonographic features of these nodules are neither spesific nor sensitive Elastography gives information about the degree of hardness at the tissue level and provides assessment of malignancy risk of the nodule. The aim of the study was to investigate the diagnostic value of elastography in patients with ...

A 45-year-old female patient with diagnosis of hypertension was admitted to Acibadem University Hospital for colonoscopy due to perianal abscess and rectovaginal fistula. She had been diagnosed with hypertension for 7 years and had been using 3 different classes of antihypertensive drugs. Intermittent hypertensive attacks and hospitalization for myocarditis history was documented. During anesthesia induction for colonoscopy her condition acutely worsened and she became hemodyn...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrinopathy associated with increased cardiovascular risk in reproductive aged women. Circulating osteoprotegerin (OPG) and soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (sRANKL) are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis. Our aim is to evalutate serum OPG and sRANKL levels and their relations with cardiovascular and metabolic markers in paients with obese and non-obese PCOS.<p class="abstext"...

İntroduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Endocan is potential immunoinflammatory and endothelial dysfunction marker that may be linked to CVD. This study aimed to evaluate the risk of CVD in PCOS patients and to identify the novel biomarker for CVD risk.Material and methods: We analyzed 52 premenopausal women with PCOS and 59 healthy controls. Clinical, biochemical parameters and endoca...

Introduction: Patients with parathyroid carcinoma (PCA) and synchronous disease in other parathyroid glands have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a patient who had persistant hypercalcemia after operated from parathyroid carcinoma and improvement of hypercalcemia after the subsequent operation from atypically localised parathyroid adenoma.Case report: A 62-year-old man presented with a history of headache, fatigue, and nervousness. Labora...

Background: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare cancer that originates from the cortex of the adrenal gland. Although its exact etiology is not clear, it has been found to be associated with some hereditary cancer syndromes. Sometimes patients present with hormonal excess symptoms (virilization, Cushing’s syndrome) or local symptoms consistent with an abdominal mass. In ACC, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are preferred imaging modaliti...