Endocrine Abstracts

Acromegaly is a rare disorder with a high morbidity and mortality rate. The diagnosis is typically prolonged over time due to a slow and hidden development of the disease. Current medical therapy for the treatment of acromegaly involves the administration of somatostatin analogues that effectively suppress excess hormone secretion. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of octreotide therapy in acromegalic. A total of 32 patients have been treated with Oct...

Thyrotoxicosis is characterised by the excess of thyroid hormones into blood. The most extreme appearance of it, is thyroid storm which is presented as an acute, severe, life-threatening, hypermetabolic state caused by the added quantities of thyroid hormones, causing adrenergic hyperactivity and abnormal periphery response of thyroid hormones. The incidence of thyroid storm is evaluated at 0.2/100000 in year. The mortality of untreated thyroid storm varies from 80–100% w...