Endocrine Abstracts

Panhypopituitarism refers to decreased production of all of the pituitary hormones of the adenohypophysis with or without deficiency of neurohypophysis function. The development of the disorder is frequently insidious and the manifestations often depend on the etiology of the condition.Case report: In October 2019 a 57-year-old man collapsed in front of the hospital after being discharged from the cardiology clinic. The day before, he had undergone angio...

Introduction: Besides the amount of bone mineral assesed through bone mineral density (BMD), studies have shown that neck geometry parameters as hip axis length (HAL) and neck-shaft angle (NSA) could also be reliable parameters to be included in the hip fracture assesement. On the other hand, bone geometry is known to be modified in acromegaly in flat bones, thus hip fracture is not a recognized direct complication in acromegaly neither through bone mass or long bone geometry....