conclusions radiofrequency ablation may be used successfully in the treatment of parathyroid adenoma when a patient cannot tolerate surgery. case presentation a 47-year-old patient was referred to our hospital (namazi hospital, shiraz, iran) in april, 2015 with intracranial hemorrhage, as well as high serum calcium and pth (parathyroid hormone) levels (12.1 mg/dl and 1062 pg/ml, respectively), ...

We herein report a case of primary hyperparathyroidism associated with acromegaly. Although serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels increased after the resection of a pituitary adenoma, levels of serum 1a, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1, 25(OH)2D] decreased but remained above the normal upper limit. After resection of a parathyroid adenoma, serum PTH, 1, 25(OH)2D, calcium (Ca), and phosphate were all ...

The determination of intact parathyroid hormone levels is used for diagnosis and in the management of renal osteodystrophy. Pre-analytical and analytical conditions are important in the overall confidence of the assay. Unfortunately, there are no clear recommendations for the use of serum samples or samples anticoagulated with ethylenediaminotetraacetic acid (EDTA) for the best preservation of ...

OBJECTIVES To study the impact of obesity, age and varicocele on sexual hormones of adult and elderly men. MATERIALS AND METHODS 875 men who were screened for prostate cancer were enrolled in this study. Data recorded comprised age, body mass index (BMI), serum levels of total testosterone (TT), free testosterone (FT), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicul...

BACKGROUND/AIM Nipple discharge syndrome is a clinical entity capable of presenting various disorders such is mammary infection (nonpuerperal and puerperal mastitis), intraductal papillomas, fibrodenoma, breast cancer and hyperprolactinemia syndrome. The aim of the study was to determine differences in cytological features of mammary secretion in patients with hyperprolactinemia and those with ...

For more than 3 decades it has been known that serum thyroid hormone levels drop during starvation and illness. In mild illness, this involves only a decrease in serum T3 levels. However, as the severity of the illness increases, there is a drop in both serum T3 and T4 (1). This decrease in serum thyroid hormone levels is seen in starvation (2), sepsis (3, 4), surgery (5), myocardial infarction...