Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Dyslipidemia is a common finding in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and together with hypertension and glucose intolerance seems to be responsible by the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in hyperparathyroid patients. In the present work we studied members of a family harboring a MEN1 gene mutation (type 1 multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome). The penetrance of primary hyperparathyroidism in this condition is close to 100%, starting usually dur...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare disease which results from a GH producing adenoma. Around 70–80% are macroadenomas. The therapeutic options currently available are surgery, radiotherapy (RT) and medical treatment (MT). According to literature microadenomas have a higher remission rate, around 80%.Methods: A retrospective chart review of the patients with acromegaly treated in our centre from 1976 to 2011 was performed. In terms of disease control...