Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acromegaly patients are known to have an increased risk of malignancies. This may be as a result of the effect of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on cellular proliferation and apoptosis inhibition. Although there are various reports related with hematological malignancies in children who treated with growth hormone (GH), few data are available about hematological malignancies in acromegaly patients. Here, we report a patient with acromegaly who has been deve...

IntroductionExtramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is a plasma cell neoplasm of extraosseous tissues. Less than 5% of all plasma cell neoplasms develop extramedullary. EMP is most common in the upper respiratory tract and oral cavity. The thyroid gland is one of the extremely rare regions. It is more common in men and the average age at diagnosis is 55. Primary thyroid plasmacytoma is one of the rare thyroid neoplasms. It often manifests as a rapidly growing ...