Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Yttrium-90 (90Y) pituitary implants have previously been used to treat patients with growth hormone (GH) secreting pituitary adenoma. This study reports the long-term effect of 90Y implants on growth hormone levels and pituitary function in a group of acromegalic patients....

BackgroundPrevious studies suggest that patients with acromegaly should have regular colonoscopic examinations due to their increased risk of colorectal neoplasia. However, acromegalic patients have significantly enlarged colon and increased rate of complications due to colonoscopy have been reported.AimTo assess the difficulty of performing colonoscopy in acromegalic patients by comparing large bowel length,...

The rising prevalence of obesity and type II diabetes makes the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome increasingly difficult. The dexamethasone-suppressed corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) test, which involves CRH administration immediately following a standard low dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST), has been reported to diagnose Cushing’s syndrome with 100% sensitivity and specificity. We adapted our LDDST protocol to include CRH administration post-dexameth...

Background: Kisspeptin is a critical regulator of normal reproductive function. In humans inactivating mutations of the kisspeptin receptor GPR54 cause hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism and pubertal failure. Activating mutations of GPR54 cause precocious puberty. Hypothalamic amenorrhoea (HA) accounts for over 30% of cases of amenorrhoea in women of reproductive age. Current treatments have limited success rates and side effects. In rodent models of HA hypothalamic KISS1 expressi...