Endocrine Abstracts

The aim of the present investigation was to study first signs of disease, effectiveness of the cabergoline treatment for prolactinomas in men. We studied 53 patients with pituitary adenomas. Patients are divided into 2 groups depending on size of the tumor: group I - microadenomas (11), group II - macroadenomas (42). PRL level before treatment in group I on average was 5890±7.4 mU/l; in group II - 29790±18.2 mU/l. Testosterone level in group I was 9.45±0.6 nmol/...

Elevated macroprolactin level is one of the reason of misdiagnosis and mismanagement of hyperprolactinamia. About 10% of population have incidentalomas and it also can combine with increasing of prolactin (Prl).Three hundred and thirty patients with hyperprolactinemia (Prl>600 mU/l) were studied: 192 women and 138 men in age of 30 (25; 39) and 35 (29;46) years respectively. Clinical, biochemical and MRI methods were used. Prl, LH, FSH and Testosteron...

The aim of this publication is to address an attention to possible misdiagnosis in patients with 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency.A 24 year old woman was admitted to our Centre with diagnosis of aldosteroma (aldosterone – 486 pmol/l (22–478), hypertension, hypokaliemia, adrenal mass (d–2.2 sm) defined by ultra sound). At the age of 15 years the patient was diagnosed with testicular feminisation as the cause of absent puberty (karyotype &#15...