Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare disease with a high morbidity and mortality rate.Our aim was to characterise the population with acromegaly that is currently under supervision at our Department.Materials and methods: We included 104 patients with acromegaly (mean age at the diagnosis 44.0±13.0; with 71.2% females).The referred population was analysed on what concerns disease’s duration, clinical ...

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a potentially life-threatening syndrome due to acute infarction and/or hemorrhage of the pituitary gland. In many cases it is the first form of presentation of a pituitary adenoma. The purpose of the study is to analyze the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of this syndrome.Patients and methods: A retrospective analysis of the patients diagnosed with pituitary tumor apoplexy at Santo Antonio’s Hospita...

Background: Invasive pituitary tumors may behaviour like some pituitary carcinomas. Although invasiveness is not indicative of malignancy, it probably puts the patient at higher risk of developing a pituitary carcinoma. These are very rare and the diagnosis requires evidence of metastatic disease, either cerebrospinal or extracranial. Although de novo development cannot be excluded they usually present as typical pituitary adenomas, which reveal their malignant characte...