Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acromegaly is characterized by a pituitary adenoma with excess secretion of GH and IGF-1 hormones. More than 90% of the cases are diagnosed as macroadenomas, after 5 to 10 years of clinical manifestation.Case report: We present the case of a 49 years old man with minor thalassemia, hospitalized in endocrinology department for a routine check of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. A careful anamnesis showed that in the last year the patient was ...