Endocrine Abstracts

Cushing’s syndrome in pregnancy is rare and is associated with increased fetal and maternal morbidity. It has previously been described in the presence of ectopic LH receptor expression, and has been associated with gestational diabetes and preeclampsia but to our knowledge has never been associated with any other endocrine pathology.We here report a 34-year-old woman, who presented with hypertension, weight gain, fluid retention and easy bruising a...

Introduction: Guidelines suggest definition for cure in acromegaly is to achieve a nadir growth hormone (GH) <2 mU/l during a growth hormone suppression test and a normal IGF-1 level (Gustina 2000). Following an earlier retrospective audit (Brown et al. 2002), showing limited achieved cure success, we re-audited our patients.Methods: All patients with acromegaly were invited to undergo growth hormone suppression test and IGF-1measurement over ...