Endocrine Abstracts

GH secreting adenomas could be associated with clinical acromegaly with or without hyperprolactinemia, being rare cases of non functioning adenomas. They correspond a 25–30%of pituitary adenomas, generaly presented as macroadenoma.Frequently, they have another hormones production, often prolactin and TSH. Almost 75% of cases are macroadenomas. A 48-year-old Caucasian patient admitted complaining of facial craniofacial alterations, polyarthralgia, holocranial headache and ...

Thyroid hypophyseal adenomas correspond to about 0.5 to 1% of pituitary adenomas. Tumor hypersecretion of TSH may also be present in plurihormonal adenomas that simultaneously secrete growth hormone and/or prolactin or FSH and LH glycoprotein hormones. A 37-year-old patient complaining of ears, hands, feet and face growth for 1 year. He reported amenorrhea for 04 years, sweating and joint pains. Associated comorbidities: Systemic arterial hypertension for 4 years in the use of...