Endocrine Abstracts

Acromegaly is a rare and serious syndrome and commonly associated with pituitary neoplasm. Classic cause of acromegaly in adults is the tumors of the somatotrophs that secrete growth hormone. Cirrhosis is the end stage of chronic liver disease and commonly cause of death. It is characterized by diffuse hepatic fibrosis resulting in altered construction of the lobular parenchyma with widespread connective tissue septae, circumscribed regenerative nodules of hepatocytes and anas...

Plantar heel pain (PHP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders of the foot, yet its etiology is poorly understood. Although obesity is the most common cause of PHP, there is little information available about the prevalence and associated factors in obese patient with PHP. The aim was to determine prevalence of various co-morbidities in obese patients with PHP and assess associations. A hundred and fourthy nine obese and overweight participants (29 males, 120 fema...

Adiponectin, is an adipocyte derived hormone possess insulin-sensitizing, antiatherogenic, and antiinflammatory properties. The aim of this study to evaluate adiponectin levels at acromegalic patients according to healthy subjects in relation with ecocardiographic findings. We included 30 subjects (15 male, 15 female) were diagnosed as acromegaly and 30 healthy (10 male, 20 female) subjects. Mean ages of both group were similar. Serum glucose, insulin, GH, IGF1 (insulin like g...