Publications by authors named "Pelin Tutuncuoglu"
It is well known that neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is uncommonly associated with pheochromocytoma development and also, to a larger extent, with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). We herein document three cases with the rare condition of NF1 coexisting with GIST and pheochromocytoma, while one of them also has a composite tumor and another has papillary thyroid carcinoma.
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- The study investigates the clinical features and prognostic factors of 178 thyroid carcinoma patients treated at İzmir Atatürk Training Hospital between 2010 and 2011.
- Findings indicate that factors such as tumor size, vascular invasion, and thyroglobulin levels significantly impact the risk of metastasis, while gender and age did not show significant differences across patient groups.
- The results suggest that while certain characteristics are correlated with prognosis, the overall impact of age and gender on patient outcomes in thyroid cancer is minimal.
Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) like impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) has increased risk of progressing to diabetes mellitus (DM). The aim of the study was to evaluate prevalance of IGT and type 2 DM with oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in Turkish patients who had fasting glucose of 110 and 125 mg/dl. Hundred and forty-eight (67.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Stresses including surgery, exercise, nipple stimulation, and chest wall injury such as mechanical trauma, burns, surgery, herpes zoster of thoracic dermatomes, hypoglycaemia and acute myocardial infarction cause significant elevation of prolactin levels. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the changes in prolactin level during mammography and ultrasonographic examination.
Materials And Methods: Seventy-four premenopausal (mean age, 32.