Endocrine Abstracts

The aim: To estimate secretory and proliferative activity of pituitary adenoma (isolated somatotropinoma (ST) and somatomammotropinoma (SMT).Subjects and methods: The study included 133 patients (total group: 45 male/88 female), aged 44.0±12.5 year old with acromegaly (95 – with ST and 38 – with SMT). There were estimated patient’s age, age of manifestation of acromegaly (agemanifest.), duration of period before diagnosis (...

Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical and hormonal effectiveness of different modes of suppressive cabergoline (CAB) therapy during 12 months in patients with prolactinoma.Subjects and methods: It was examined and underwent a 12 month course of treatment by selective dopamine agonist CAB in 61 patients with prolactinoma (PROL) (9 male/ 52 female) aged 16–66 years. There were 40 women with microPROL, 12 with macro&giant PROL; ...

Introduction: Acromegaly (ACRO) is a rare disease of an excessive somatic growth and distorted proportions arising from hypersecretion of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). The aim Of this study is to investigate basic demographic parameters such as the age and gender related features, age at diagnosis of the disease, its clinical manifestations, biochemical control and structure of complications in Ukrainian patients with ACRO in a single neuroendoc...

Introduction: The role of the pineal gland and its hormone, melatonin, in the regulation of hypothalamo-adenohypophysial system activity is well known. At the same time, studies of the circadian rhythm of melatonin secretion in patients with pituitary adenomas are few in number, because the evaluation of pineal activity is not generally included in the clinical investigation of patients with pituitary tumors.Aim: The present study analyzed the circadian ...