Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Patients with hypoparatiroidism may admit to hospitals with different symptoms.In this report we presented 3 case of hypoparatiroidism with congestive heart failure,epilepsy and muscle pain.Case 1: 31-year-old male admitted to hospital with dyspnea on lying down and evaluation revealed pericardial and pleural effusion. The patient was hospitalized to cardiology clinic with a prediagnosis of decompansated heart failure. In echocardiography ejection f...

Aim: Thyroid tissue originates from foramen cecum located in the base of the tongue and with embryonal development it descends through thyroglossal duct to its normal location. A total or partial failure in thyroid tissue descending causes ectopic thyroid tissue. One of this ectopic region is lingual region. We presented two case of ectopic thyroid tissue.Case 1: A 18-year-old female that uses levothyroxine 100 mcg/day for hypothyroidism admitted to endo...

Aim: Diabetes mellitus affects many systems and one of them is skin. Skin findings among diabetic patients reported 30–71%. Skin findings may be due to direct metabolic effects of diabetes but complications and drugs may be cause as well. In this study our aim was to investigate the skin findings and prevalence among diabetic patients that admitted to endocrinology policlinic.Method: 81 patients involved to study, skin examination of the patients we...

Background: We investigated the frequency for diagnosis of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients, based on rising interest in potential links of OSA’s pathogenesis with impaired auto-immune mechanisms.Design and methods: Polysomnography was performed to 245 euthyroid eligible subjects consecutively. Study population divided according to apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) as control (n=59, AHI<5), mild OSA (<i...

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: 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...

Thyroid hormones play an important role in bone metabolism. The potential action of prolonged levothyroxine therapy on bone mass reduction is stil a matter of debate.The aim of our one year prospective study was to elucidate whether longterm suppressive thyroid hormone therapy in patient with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) affects bone metabolism, osteoprotegerin (OPG) and soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor kβ ligand (sRANK-L) and is ...

Background: Clinical practice guidelines on diabetes mellitus (DM) have been developed in 2006 by The Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Turkish (SEMT). The ongoing ADMIRE Project is designed to evaluate the effect of implementation of various activities to increase the awareness of physicians on the adherence to SEMT guidelines. The first phase results of the project is presented.Methods: Of 180 physicians evaluated previous 12 months’ medi...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism is a well-known cause of secondary dyslipidemia, and its link to atherosclerosis has been known for long time. The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) offer important benefits for the large population of individuals at high risk for coronary heart disease. It was aimed to invastigation the relations of the secondary hyperlipidemia included overt and subclinical hypothyroidism and increased serum creatine k...

Introduction: Patients with extremely high triglyceride levels and associated lipemia are at high risk for acute pancreatitis. Hypertryiglycerideamia can be can be provoked when triglyceride levels exceed 1.000 mg/dl of acute pancreatitis.Materials and method: In 7 patients with hyperlipidemic pancreatitis was evaluated. In addition to the standard therapy, they were treated with triglyceride apheresis. Acute pancreatitis was diagnosed based on the prese...