Endocrine Abstracts

Acromegaly is a chronic debilitating disease due to long term exposure to elevated levels of growth hormone (GH) which leads to excessive growth of both skeletal and soft tissues. It is slowly progressive with 30% increase in mortality rate for cardiovascular disease, respiratory complications and malignancies. The estimated prevalence of the disease is 40 cases per million with 3–4 new cases per million populations per year. Acromegaly most commonly presents between the ...