Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Growth is an important and sensitive indicator of child health. Abnormal growth is a common consequence of many conditions, therefore its identification acts as a useful warning of possible pathology. Effective growth monitoring requires precise linear growth measurements; however, measurements are often inaccurate and unreliable. Measurement error influences the interpretation of growth patterns resulting in failure to identify underlying pathology or apparent g...

Although most pituitary tumors are benign, some are invasive or aggressive. In the absence of specific markers of malignancy, only tumors with metastases are considered malignant. Recently we identified a marker set of invasion, proliferation and aggressiveness in prolactin (PRL) tumors1. We will present the prognostic value of histological and molecular markers in PRL tumors and their usefulness in other types of pituitary tumors.Forty-five patients, 23...