Endocrine Abstracts

There is limited data on primary hyperparathyroidism in Nepal. We did a retrospective study, where we analyzed data of sixteen patients who presented in our endocrine clinic from January 2016 to December 2022. Among them 10 patients (62.5%) were female and 6 (37.5%) were male. The mean age of the patients was 53.88 +/- 17.72 years ranging from 24 to 82 years. The mean BMI of the patients was 28.38 +/- 5.22 kg/m2. The most common presenting features were bone and joi...

Nepal has limited data on acromegaly patients. We did a retrospective study of acromegaly patients who were diagnosed in our center or were referred to our center. We included 10 patients of acromegaly who presented in our center from January 2018 to December 2022. Four (40%) were males and six (60%) were females. Their mean age was 38.70 +/- 6.51 years, ranging from 31 to 50 years. The mean BMI was 26.13+/-1.77 kg/m2. The most common presenting symptom was joint pa...