Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Growth hormone (GH) has multiple metabolic effects in adulthood, pointing to the need of identify those patients who would benefit of GH treatment after achievement of final height.Objective: To assess GH secretion, bone mineral density (BMD) and metabolic profile in patients with childhood-onset GH deficiency (GHD) after completion of recombinant GH (rGH) therapy for linear growth.Methodology: One hundred eleven pati...

Spontaneous remission of Cushing disease might be a phase of cyclic disease, but could also be explained by an ACTH-microadenoma infarction or hemorrhage. True remission must be differentiated from cyclic Cushing’s disease with prolonged follow up. 63-years-old female patient was referred to endocrinologist’s and presented with uncontrolled hypertension, type 2 diabetes, central obesity, hirsutism, swelling of the face and legs and a ’buffalo hump’. After a...