Endocrine Abstracts

Acromegaly is a rare condition resulting from excess secretion of GH and IGF1. Acromegaly is frequently associated with subfertility. As such there is little data on the course of the disease during pregnancy, and of the effects of the disease and its treatments on the foetus.Objective: We describe known pregnancies in women with acromegaly within the Republic of Ireland over a 15-year period.Methods: We collected clinical, biochem...

IgG4 related hypophysitis is a recently described entity belonging to the IgG4 related diseases. It is characterised by markedly elevated serum IGG4 levels and tissue infiltration by IgG4 positive plasma cells. To date, 34 cases of IgG4 related hypophysitis have been described but only a handful were in women or biopsy proven. We describe a case of a 58 year old woman who presented with transient headache. She also complained of polyuria and nocturia. She had a thyroidectomy f...