Endocrine Abstracts

A 62-year-old male was referred by his GP querying acromegaly. His past medical history included sleep apnoea, hypertension, dislipidaemia and gout. Serum IGF1 was elevated at 827 ug/l (normal range 100–300 ug/l). Prolonged oral glucose tolerance did not show suppression of GH with a nadir of 9.0 mu/l. A pituitary MRI demonstrated a 5x6mm microadenoma. There were no visual field defects. The patient was pre-treated with somatostatin analogues and proceeded to transphenoid...