Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Although colonic polyps are associated with states of GH excess, no association with gastric polyps has been reported. We describe 2 patients who were treated with rhGH for non-GH deficient growth disorders and who were subsequently found to have gastric polyps.Patient 1: A girl aged 13.6 year with short stature was found to have Turner’s syndrome in the course of being investigated for abdominal pain, diarrhoea and rectal bleeding. Endo...