ea0029p377 | Clinical case reports - Pituitary/Adrenal | ICEECE2012
Yilmaz M.
, Gedik A.
, Ozdogan O.
, Durak M.
, Sevinc A.
, Comlekci A.
Introduction: The increased mortality in acromegaly is mainly related to cardiovascular, respiratory and neoplastic complications; neoplasms being responsible in 15%. Although most of the thyroid nodules in acromegaly are benign, there are studies revealing an increased ratio of differentiated thyroid cancer in this disease. Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) has not been related with acromegaly so far. In this report, we aimed to present a patient with acromegaly whose thyroid...