Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Retinal vein occlusions (RVO) are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by impaired venous return from retinal circulation. RVO can be classified into branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), hemiretinal vein occlusion (HRVO), and central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) depending on the site of the obstruction. Major risk factors for BRVO include systemic arterial hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and diabetes, although many associations have been reported in...

Introduction: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystem autoimmune disease with heterogeneous presentation. SLE can be associated with autoimmune diseases or other entities sush as neuroendocrine tumors (NET). The occurrence of gastric NET in SLE is very rare and has been described few times in the literature. Herein we report the case of SLE woman, in whom we discovered a gastric neuroendocrine tumor. Observation: A 68-year-old woman, ...

Background: Anterior pituitary insufficiency or anterior hypopituitarism is a defect in the secretion of one or more of the pituitary hormones (ACTH, TSH, FSH and LH, GHand prolactin). It is a rare condition. A variety of diseases may be the cause, the most common being adenoma. In rare cases, it can be a clinical presentation of metastatic disease. Herein, we describe a case of a pituitary metastasis revealing a lung carcinoma in a 61-year old man.Case ...

Background: Anti-synthetase syndrome (ASS) is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). Clinical features may include myositis, interstitial lung disease (ILD), non-erosive arthritis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, and mechanic’s hands with the presence of anti-synthetase antibodies. Although ASS-neoplasia association has been reported, it remains scarce and debated association. Herein, we report an original case of thyroid carcinoma in a patient followed for ASS.<p clas...

Background: Diagnosis of adrenal hypofunction requires a high index of suspicion. A frequent cause is iatrogenic glucocorticosteroid prescribing hence the need for a clinical review after a prolonged course.Aim: A review of glucocorticosteroid prescribing and auditing SST outcomes in a large private hospital.Methods: Electronic records over an 18 month period were analysed for SST results, patient demogra...

Background: Diagnosis of adrenal hypofunction requires a high index of suspicion. A frequent cause is iatrogenic glucocorticosteroid prescribing hence the need for a clinical review after a prolonged course.Aim: A review of glucocorticosteroid prescribing and auditing SST outcomes in a large private hospital.Methods: Electronic records over an 18 month period were analysed for SST results, patient demogra...

Introduction: Correction of Insulin resistance (IR) and dyslipidemic conditions of obese patients is important for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of our study is to determine the relationship between IR and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) in obese patients.Material and methods: 248 patients over the age of eighteen, non-pregnant, followed with a diagnosis of obesity but did not receive the treatment of metfor...

Introduction: Diabetes insipidus (di) is a water metabolism disorder caused by antidiuretic hormone pathologies. In this study, we evaluated, retrospectively, pituitary hormone profiles and pituitary magnetic resonance imaging (mri) findings of patients with di.Material and methods: After local ethic committee approval, 300 patients were evaluated retrospectively. Patients with a history of pituitary surgery and/or radiotherapy were excluded. Luteinizing...

A 42 year old male patient was admitted to the gastroenterology unit in due to severe abdominal pain and vomiting. He denied any chronic illness and drug usage. His family history was nonsignificant for any endocrine disease. Based on biochemical studies (lipase 2280 U/l, calcium 15.0 mg/dl, phosphorus 1.7 mg/dl amylase 631 U/l, creatinine 1.16 mg/dl, ALP 735 U/l) severe hypercalcemia induced acute pancreatitis was the diagnosis. 25 OH vitamin D was 5 ng/ml and parathyroid hor...

Introduction: Thyroid disorders such as subacute thyroiditis occur rarely in pregnancy. We report a recurrent case of subacute thyroiditis improved with the onset of pregnancy.Case report: A 32-year-old Turkish women who request pregnancy and planned insemination was referred due to malaise and neck pain in the left side a week ago. She was presented with low-grade fever, fatigue, pharingitis symptoms, neck pain and extremely tenderness in the right side...