Browsing by Author "Tuzcu, Sadiye Altun"
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5-Alpha Reductase Deficiency: A Review of Five Cases Diagnosed with Ambiguous Genitalia
Pekkolay, Zafer; Kilinc, Faruk; Tuzcu, Sadiye Altun; Soylu, Hikmet; Tuzcu, Alpaslan Kemal (Galenos Yayincilik, 2017)5-alpha reductase is an enzyme which is responsible for the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in the peripheral tissues. It plays a key role in the development of male external genitalia. The present ... -
68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT Can Be an Alternative Imaging Method in Insulinoma Patients
Tuzcu, Sadiye Altun; Pekkolay, Zafer; Kilinc, Faruk; Tuzcu, Alpaslan Kemal (Soc Nuclear Medicine Inc, 2017)Insulinomas are the most common cause of hypoglycemia, resulting from endogenous hyperinsulinism. The diagnosis of insulinoma is established by demonstrating inappropriately high serum insulin concentrations during a ... -
Alternative treatment of resistant hypoparathyroidism by intermittent infusion of teriparatide using an insulin pump: A case report
Pekkolay, Zafer; Kilinc, Faruk; Soylu, Hikmet; Balsak, Belma; Guven, Mehmet; Tuzcu, Sadiye Altun; Kara, Ali Veysel (Baycinar Medical Publ-Baycinar Tibbi Yayincilik, 2019)Hypoparathyroidism usually responds to oral active vitamin D and calcium, but, although rare, some patients do not respond to this treatment. A 47-year-old Caucasian female presented to our medical unit with classical oral ... -
Elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in the diagnosis of subacute thyroiditis
Kilinc, Faruk; Ergun, Yakup; Pekkolay, Zafer; Tuzcu, Sadiye Altun; Gozel, Nevzat; Tuna, Mazhar Muslum; Tuzcu, Alpaslan Kemal (Mattioli 1885, 2018)Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is a self-limiting inflammatory condition of the thyroid gland in which multinucleated giant cells constitute a key histological finding. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), determined from ... -
Local imaging to interpret tumor size in F18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT in lung cancers
Tuzcu, Sadiye Altun; Kaplan, Ihsan; Ibiloglu, Ibrahim; Uyar, Ali; Guzel, Fatih; Guzel, Yunus; Tasdemir, Bekir (Assoc Medica Brasileira, 2024)OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the thoracic and extra-thoracic extension of the disease in patients diagnosed with lung cancer and who had whole-body F18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT imaging ... -
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A syndrome (MEN2A) and usefulness of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in this syndrome
Tuzcu, Sadiye Altun; Pekkolay, Zafer (Edizioni Luigi Pozzi, 2019)The aim of this study was to evaluate a new imaging method 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT as an alternative method to diagnose evidence of neuroendocrine tumors or their metastasis (if any) in patient with MEN 2A. METHODS: Three ... -
Preoperative intravenous ibandronate for treating severe hypercalcemia associated with primary hyperparathyroidism: an effective and low cost
Pekkolay, Zafer; Kilinc, Faruk; Soylu, Hikmet; Balsak, Belma; Guven, Mehmet; Tuzcu, Sadiye Altun; Tuzcu, Alpaslan Kemal (Mattioli 1885, 2018)Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a prevalent mineral metabolism disorder usually caused by a single parathyroid adenoma. Although PHPT is the most frequent cause of hypercalcemia, severe hypercalcemia cases are rarely ...
