Mehmet Uludag, Adnan Isgor, Gürkan Yetkin, Murat Atay, Abut Kebudi, Ismail Akgun
Ectopic and/or supernumerary parathyroid glands are a major cause of persistent and recurrent Hyperparathyroidism (HPT). For this reason, it is widely accepted that preoperative localization should be performed to improve the surgical results in patients with persistent or recurrent HPT …
Theodoros D. Theodoridis, Leonidas Zepiridis, Menelaos Zafrakas, Grigoris Grimbizis, Antonios Tantsis, Dimitra Kyrou, John N. Bontis
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of a Levonorgestrel-releasing Intrauterine System (LNG-IUS) in controlling menorrhagia in comparison with endometrial thermal rollerball ablation. DESIGN: Seventy-nine consecutive patients with menorrhagia underwent either LNG-IUS insertion (n=42) or hysteroscopical endometrial thermal rollerball ablation (n=37) in a prospective, observational, comparative study …
Mahin Hashemipour, Roya Kelishadi, Javad Shapouri, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Masoud Amini, Naser Tavakoli, Ahmad Movahedian-Attar, Parisa Mirmoghtadaee, Parinaz Poursafa
OBJECTIVE: Zinc, an essential trace element and a component of many enzymes, is involved in the synthesis, storage and release of insulin. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of zinc supplementation on insulin resistance and components of the metabolic syndrome in prepubertal obese children. DESIGN: This triple-masked …
Sarah Frankton, Suhail Baithun, Ehab Husain, Katherine Davis, Ashley B. Grossman
A patient was presented with four days of vomiting, abdominal pain and sweating. At presentation the Capillary Blood Glucose (CBG) was 1.7 mmol/L, the Blood Pressure (BP) was 182/102 mmHg, and the pulse 100 bpm. On examination, he was sweaty, pale and cold. The initial differential diagnosis was hypoglycaemia secondary to insulin abuse, hypoadrenalism or insulinoma …
Sena Yesil, Baris Akinci, Serkan Yener, Firat Bayraktar, Ozalp Karabay, Hasan Havitcioglu, Nur Yapar, Atay Atabey5 Yasin Kucukyavas, Abdurrahman Comlekci, Sevinc Eraslan
OBJECTIVE: Prediction of diabetic foot ulcer outcome may be helpful for clinicians in optimizing and individualizing management strategy. The aim of the present study was to examine the possibility of predicting the outcome of patients with diabetic foot ulcers by using easily assessed clinical and laboratory parameters at baseline …
Ibrahim Nasiru Akanmu, Oludara Mobolaji Adewale
Multiple thyroid ectopia with a normally located thyroid gland is a very rare condition. We present a 34-year old Nigerian woman who had had anterior and left-sided lateral neck swellings for the past 15 years …
John Doupis, Charalambos Stavrianos, Katerina Saltiki, Emily Mantzou, Antonios Mastrokostopoulos, George Philippou, Maria Alevizaki
Albania is an in-transition country in the Balkan area and among those with the lowest per capita income in Europe. The Health System of Albania, as the Albanian society itself, is now taking its first steps in adopting the Western financial model. Globalization in modern Western society, even at the level of dietary practices …
Luis V. Syro, Bernd W. Scheithauer, Leon D. Ortiz, Camilo E. Fadul, Eva Horvath, Fabio Rotondo, Kalman Kovacs
The patient was a 70-year-old man with a recurrent pituitary tumor. Three surgeries were performed but the tumor recurred. Based on histologic, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies, the diagnosis of oncocytic gonadotrophic pituitary adenoma was made. The tumor was a macroadenoma partly immunopositive for LH …