Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Cardiovascular diseases are the most common comorbidities in acromegaly. Potential parameters in pathology of cardiovascular comorbidities are changes in levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) as well as body composition parameters.Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine morphological and functional parameters of the cardiovascular system by echocardiography and to assess its relationship with disease acti...

Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is a relatively rare disease characterized by autonomous hypersecretion of cortisol. The incidence of CS is estimated to be equal to 2–3 cases per million inhabitants per year.The incidence of acromegaly is 3–4 patients per 1 000000 per year. The disease is caused by hypersecretion of growth hormone which is mainly caused by benign tumour of the pituitary gland. In our case report we present a 41 - year - old woman suffering from both Cus...

Acromegaly is a rare disease, which is mainly caused by benign tumour of the pituitary gland. Long-term presence of elevated growth hormone (GH) and insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels accompanying this disease is associated with rheumatologic, cardiovascular, pulmonary and metabolic complications. Cardiovascular complications of acromegaly include a cardiomyopathy, arterial hypertension, arrhytmias, valvulopathy as well as endothelial dysfunction. Cardiovascular disea...

IntroductionMedian nerve neuropathy is commonly associated with acromegaly.ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate ultrasound examination of median nerve in acromegalic patients and assess the relationship with activity and duration of disease.Patients and methodsWe prospectively examined the cross sectional area (CSA) of median nerve with high-resolution ultrasou...