Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acromegaly is the result of chronic growth hormone (GH) excess, which leads to decreased insulin sensitivity and increased glucose production, to the extent that the impaired blood glucose regulation (IGR) can be recognised as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This project looked to identify whether patients were adequately screened or identified as having T2DM on diagnosis of acromegaly. The secondary aim was to determine whether acromegaly treatment affected gly...