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Publication Association between resistance to cinacalcet and parathyroid gland hyperplasia in kidney transplant recipients with persistent hypercalcemia(Avicenna Organ Transplant Center, 2020-01-01) ORUÇ, AYŞEGÜL; Ersoy, Alparslan; ERSOY, ALPARSLAN; Yıldız, Abdülmecid; Gül, Özen Öz; ÖZ GÜL, ÖZEN; Kocaeli, Ayşen Akkurt; Erturk, E.; ERTÜRK, ELİF; Ersoy, C.; ERSOY, CANAN; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Nefroloji Anabilim Dalı.; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Endokrinoloji Anabilim Dalı.; 0000-0002-0342-9692; JQI-3400-2023; AAI-1005-2021; JFB-3910-2023; AAH-4002-2021; KFR-7347-2024Background: Persistent hypercalcemia and hyperparathyroidism after successful kidney transplantation can be detrimental in some recipients and should be ameliorated.Objective: To point out the concerns regarding resistance to cinacalcet in kidney transplant recipients with persistent hypercalcemia.Methods: 14 renal transplant recipients who received cinacalcet treatment because of persistent hypercalcemia were included in the study. Serum creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), calcium, phosphorus, and intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels at the baseline and throughout the treatment, and ultrasonography and parathyroid scintigraphy findings were recorded.Results: Cinacalcet treatment was initiated after a mean +/- SD of 20.7 +/- 19.7 months of transplantation and maintained for 16.9 +/- 7.9 months. Serum calcium levels were significantly decreased with the cinacalcet treatment. There were no significant changes in serum creatinine, eGFR, phosphorus, and PTH levels. In all participants, serum calcium levels were increased from 9.8 +/- 0.6 to 11.1 +/- 0.6 mg/dL (p<0.001) within 1 month of cessation of cinacalcet. 7 recipients with adenoma-like hyperplastic glands underwent parathyroidectomy (PTx) due to failure with cinacalcet.Conclusion: Cinacalcet may be an appropriate treatment for a group of recipients with hypercalcemia without adenoma-like hyperplastic glands or who had a contraindication for surgery. Recipients with enlarged parathyroid gland may resist to cinacalcet-induced decrease in serum PTH, although the concomitant hypercalcemia may be corrected.Publication Etiology of hypopituitarism in tertiary care institutions in Turkish population: Analysis of 773 patients from pituitary study group database(Humana Press Inc, 2014-09-01) Tanrıverdi, F.; Dokmetas, H. S.; Kebapçı, N.; Kılıçlı, F.; Atmaca, H.; Yarman, S.; Ertorer, M. E.; Bayram, F.; Tugrul, A.; Culha, C.; Ç,akır, M.; Mert, M.; Aydın, H.; Taşkale, M.; Ersoz, N.; Cantürk, Zeynep; Anaforoğlu, I.; Özkaya, M.; Oruk, G.; Hekimsoy, Z.; Keleştimur, F.; Erbaş, T.; Erturk, E.; ERTÜRK, ERDİNÇ; Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi; AAJ-6536-2021Hypopituitarism in adult life is commonly acquired and the main causes are known as pituitary tumors and/or their treatments. Since there are new insights into the etiology of hypopituitarism and presence of differences in various populations, more studies regarding causes of hypopituitarism are needed to be done in different ethnic groups with sufficient number of patients. Therefore, we performed a multi-center database study in Turkish population investigating the etiology of hypopituitarism in 773 patients in tertiary care institutions. The study was designed and coordinated by the Pituitary Study Group of SEMT (The Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Turkey). Nineteen tertiary reference centers (14 university hospitals and 5 training hospitals) from the different regions of Turkey participated in the study. It is a cross-sectional database study, and the data were recorded for 18 months. We mainly classified the causes of hypopituitarism as pituitary tumors (due to direct effects of the pituitary tumors and/or their treatments), extra-pituitary tumors and non-tumoral causes. Mean age of 773 patients (49.8 % male, 50.2 % female) was 43.9 +/- 16.1 years (range 16-84 years). The most common etiology of pituitary dysfunction was due to non-tumoral causes (49.2 %) among all patients. However, when we analyze the causes according to gender, the most common etiology in males was pituitary tumors, but the most common etiology in females was non-tumoral causes. According to the subgroup analysis of the causes of hypopituitarism in all patients, the most common four causes of hypopituitarism which have frequencies over 10 % were as follows: nonsecretory pituitary adenomas, Sheehan's syndrome, lactotroph adenomas and idiopathic. With regard to the type of hormonal deficiencies; FSH/LH deficiency was the most common hormonal deficit (84.9 % of the patients). In 33.8 % of the patients, 4 anterior pituitary hormone deficiencies (FSH/LH, ACTH, TSH, and GH) were present. Among all patients, the most frequent cause of hypopituitarism was non-secretory pituitary adenomas. However, in female patients, present study clearly demonstrates that Sheehan's syndromeis still one of the most important causes of hypopituitarism in Turkish population. Further, population-based prospective studies need to be done to understand the prevalence and incidence of the causes of hypopituitarism in different countries.