Publications by authors named "S Cander"
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effect of adrenal mass functionality and different hormone subtypes synthesized by the adrenal masses on laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) outcomes.
Materials And Methods: The study included 298 patients, 154 of whom were diagnosed with nonfunctional masses. In the functional group, 33, 62, and 59 patients had Conn syndrome, Cushing's syndrome, and pheochromocytoma, respectively.
Background Thyroid cancer is one of the five most common cancers causing bone metastasis. If there is an increase in serum thyroglobulin-antithyroglobulin levels in differentiated thyroid cancer or calcitonin levels in medullary thyroid cancer, patients should be evaluated for recurrence and distant metastasis. The skeleton is the second most common site of distant metastasis in thyroid cancer after the lung.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCeliac disease (CD) accompanying autoimmune endocrine diseases (AED) is generally asymptomatic. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of clinically overt or silent CD in patients diagnosed with autoimmune endocrinopathy and the clinical effects of silent CD in these endocrinopathies. The study included 166 patients with known or newly diagnosed mono-/polyglandular AED and 90 age- and gender-matched healthy controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Heterozygous gain-of-function mutations in the glucokinase (GCK) gene cause hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia (GCK-HI), while loss-of-function mutations lead to a monogenic type of diabetes (GCK-MODY). We, herein, report a heterozygous GCK gene mutation in a large family with GCK-MODY and insulinoma in one individual from the same family.
Patients And Methods: The proband, an 11-year-old male, was referred for asymptomatic mild hyperglycemia (fasting glucose:121 mg/dL) and HbA1c of 6.