Bone mineral density in geriatric patients with toxic nodular goiter.

Background And Aims: We aimed to assess bone mineral density (BMD) in geriatric patients with hyperthyroidism caused by TNG.

Materials And Methods: Bone mineral density was measured at the lumbar spine and proximal femur, using dual-X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in 90 patients with TNG (mean age; 69.2 ± 4.

Testosterone- and cortisol-secreting adrenocortical oncocytoma: an unusual cause of hirsutism.

Objective. Oncocytomas of the adrenal cortex are usually benign and nonfunctional. They are rarely seen as the cause of hirsutism.

Evaluation of epicardial fat tissue thickness in patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis.

Objective: Hypothyroidism, whether overt or subclinical, has multiple effects on the cardiovascular system. Epicardial fat tissue (EFT) is closely related to cardiovascular disorders and atherosclerosis. Our study aimed to assess EFT thickness and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) displaying overt and subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH).

Serum ischemic modified albumin levels might not be a marker of oxidative stress in patients with hypothyroidism.

Overt hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism are thought to be associated with atherosclerosis and a chronic ischemic process. Ischemic modified albumin (IMA) is a novel marker of ischemia. We examined serum IMA levels in patients with subclinical and overt hypothyroidism.

Acute adrenal insufficiency associated with tuberculous vertebral osteomyelitis and lymphadenopathy: case report.

A 51-year-old man developed anorexia, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. He had orthostatic hypotension, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, and hypocortisolemia, and the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency was made. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed asymmetrically enlarged adrenal glands.

A woman with thyrotoxicosis- and hyperemesis gravidarum-associated Wernicke's encephalopathy.

Although hyperthyroidism arising from primary thyroid disease is rare in pregnancy, transient gestational hyperthyroidism is not uncommon. This condition can be associated with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), and Wernicke's encephalopathy. We present the case of a woman with toxic nodular goiter complicating HG-associated Wernicke's encephalopathy.

Parathyroid adenoma with coeliac disease: primary or quaternary hyperparathyroidism?

Coeliac disease is a gluten-sensitive enteropathy of varying severity. Osteomalacia and hypocalcaemia can result from malabsorption of vitamin D and calcium, which, in turn, can lead to secondary hyperparathyroidism. If coeliac disease remains untreated for long, tertiary hyperparathyroidism can also develop through autonomy of the parathyroid glands via chronic stimulation.

Depression, anxiety and quality of life of family caregivers of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: It was our aim to investigate the quality of life (QOL) among family caregivers of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Subjects And Methods: The Short Form-36 QOL scale, Beck Depression Inventory and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form were used to evaluate the presence and degree of depression and anxiety and their association with sociodemographic features of 50 family caregivers of diabetic patients compared to 54 controls.

Results: The groups were similar in terms of age, sex, health insurance, educational status and marital and financial status.

Higher metabolic risk with National Institutes of Health versus Rotterdam diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovarian syndrome in Turkish women.

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous disease with well-established metabolic abnormalities in women of reproductive age. There are various diagnostic criteria to define and establish PCOS. However, data conflict regarding the optimal diagnostic criteria for PCOS and its metabolic consequences.

Granulomatous infiltration of a parathyroid adenoma presenting as primary hyperparathyroidism in a woman: a case report.

Introduction: Hypercalcemia can be associated with vitamin D (1,25(OH)2D3) -mediated granulomatous disorders in addition to primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). Although most patients with granulomatous disease-related hypercalcemia are asymptomatic, symptoms and signs of chronic hypercalcemia can occur. There are many reports about co-presentation of a parathyroid adenoma and a granulomatous disorder in the literature.

Hemangiopericytoma-associated hypoglycemia improved by glucocorticoid therapy: a case report.

A 59-year-old man was admitted because of recurrent, severe hypoglycemia. He had multiple metastases from a meningeal hemangiopericytoma, which had been operated on 12 years earlier. The results of laboratory testing at the time of hypoglycemia showed very low serum levels of insulin, C-peptide, and growth hormone, with slightly high levels of insulin-like growth factor-II, and a normal level of insulin-like growth factor-I.

Diurnal rhythm of urinary calcium excretion in adults.

Twenty-four-hour urinary calcium excretion is normally the equivalent of daily calcium intake, and varies between 200-300 mg/dL with a calcium/creatinine ratio of 0.07-0.15.

True hermaphroditism presenting as an inguinal hernia.

A 21-year-old patient with cryptorchidism was found to have a left inguinal mass on physical examination. The patient was operated with a diagnosis of bilateral cryptorchidism and left inguinal hernia. Besides bilateral inguinal undescended testicles, female genital organs like fallopian tubes, uterus and ovary were found on the exploration.

Serum cytokines and bone metabolism in patients with thyroid dysfunction.

Hyperthyroidism is associated with increased bone turnover. Besides the hormones of calcium metabolism, locally produced factors are important in maintaining normal bone metabolism. Interleukin-6 (IL-6), in particular, has a major influence on bone turnover.

Effect of indapamide on urinary calcium excretion in patients with and without urinary stone disease.

Background: Indapamide is an antihypertensive agent similar to thiazides, but with some different effects. Thiazide and thiazide-like diuretics are useful in preventing recurrent urinary stone formation due to their hypocalciuric effects.

Objective: To determine the hypocalciuric and other effects on certain laboratory parameters of indapamide 1.

Nephropathy and retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients living at moderately high altitude and sea level.

Background: High-altitude-induced hypoxia results in various diseases, such as chronic mountain sickness and high altitude retinal edema, and may affect severity and incidence of some cardiovascular diseases. In order to evaluate the effects of moderately high altitude on diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy, a cross-sectional study was planned.

Material Method: Long-term type II diabetic residents of sea level (n=75, 38 male, 37 female, mean age 51.

[Multidetector computed tomography in the diagnosis of parathyroid adenomas: contribution of contrast enhancement pattern to diagnosis].

Purpose: Contrast enhancement patterns of parathyroid adenomas in the arterial and venous phases were evaluated with multidetector computed tomography and specificity of the method to characterize the lesions was investigated.

Materials And Methods: Arterial and venous enhancement patterns of parathyroid adenomas were evaluated retrospectively with multidetector computed tomography in 12 patients. All adenomas were removed surgically and the diagnosis was confirmed histopathologically.

Calcaneal brown tumor with primary hyperparathyroidism caused by parathyroid carcinoma: an atypical localization.

Brown tumors are one of the characteristics of primary hyperparathyroidism, although, in some cases, they are noted with secondary hyperparathyroidism as well. The authors present a case of a 50-year-old woman with primary hyperparathyroidism caused by parathyroid carcinoma with an unusual location of a brown tumor in the calcaneus. She first presented with pain and swelling over the heel and ankle, and the diagnosis was suspected by radiographs.

Coexistence of subacute thyroiditis and renal cell carcinoma: a paraneoplastic syndrome.

Renal cell carcinoma is characterized by varied manifestations, which include unusual metastatic sites and paraneoplastic and vascular syndromes. We describe the case of a 57-year-old man who presented with high fever, weight loss, palpitations and a tender goitre. We suggest that, in this patient, subacute thyroiditis manifested as a paraneoplastic syndrome of renal cell carcinoma.

Simultaneous occurrence of papillary intrafollicular and microcarcinomas with bilateral medullary microcarcinoma of the thyroid in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A: report of a case.

We report the case of a simultaneous occurrence of papillary intrafollicular and microcarcinomas with bilateral medullary microcarcinoma of the thyroid in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A. The concurrent presence of two thyroid carcinomas is rare. The simultaneous occurrence of two different tumors in the same thyroid each being multifocal and smaller than 1 cm in diameter has not been previously reported in the literature.