Publications by authors named "Milenkovik T"

Primary hypothyroidism caused by an underlying autoimmune thyroiditis disease is very common in clinical practice, while one of the most commonly seen types of hyperthyroidism states is Graves' disease. In hypothyroidism, patients are thought to be lifelong treated with substitution therapy with the lacking levothyroxine hormone. Usually due to the started autoimmune process that progressively destroys the thyroid tissue, the doses of levothyroxine increase in a different period of time during the follow ups.

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Insulinoma is a rare neuroendocrine functional tumor of the pancreas of unknown etiology which manifests itself through hypoglycemic symptoms which resolve by administering glycose. Common autonomic symptoms of insulinoma include diaphroresis, tremor, and palpitations, whereas neuroglycopenenic symptoms include confusion, behavioural changes, personality changes, visual disturbances, seizure, and coma. In most cases, these are benign solitary tumors of the pancreas, and in 5% of the cases they are associated with MEN1 syndrome.

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