Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In 2009 the Endocrine Society’s clinical practice guidelines for management of hypoglycemic disorders, confirming previous suggestions, have stated that the new cut-off of insulin for the diagnosis of insulinoma should be lowed to 3 μU/mL in presence of hypoglycemia (serum glucose ≤55 mg/dL). Moreover hypoglycemia in post-prandial status has been reported in insulinoma, alone or associated with fasting hypoglycemia. Finally preexisting diabetes me...

Background: Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is a common disease in acromegaly and it can persist during remission in up to 58% of the patients. Data regarding long term outcome of SAS in acromegalic patients are lacking. Moreover it is still unknown which component, either craniofacial deformation or soft tissue hypertrophy of the palate and upper airways, may play the major role in the pathogenesis of this complication.Aim: To assess the presence of SAS in a...