Endocrine Abstracts

Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disorder mostly caused by a growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenoma. The aim of treatment is to normalize GH/IGF1 levels to limit disease burden. Growth hormone hypersecretion is associated with an increased cancer risk; cases of Acromegaly complicated by lymphoma have been reported. We share a clinical case characterized by suboptimal treatment, potentially leading to advancing orbital lymphoma. This 49-year-old man was diagnosed with Ac...

Introduction: Pituitary metastases (PM) are an uncommon manifestation of Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) and are rarely reported. We report two cases of PM with different clinical lessons.Case 1: A 37-year-old female underwent surgical resection for a high grade poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix (Ki67 90%). Serial follow-up surveillance assessments revealed disease progression (local, liver, lung, and bone) for which she underw...