Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundMultiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1) is a genetic syndrome caused by inactivating mutations of the menin gene, which predisposes to the development of endocrine tumors. The causative mutations, clinical manifestations, and age of tumor development are highly variable. The objective of this study is to describe the characteristics of patients with MEN1 in our hospital.Material and methodsWe pe...

BackgroundAcromegaly is an infrequent chronic multisystemic disease associated with a significant morbidity and mortality rate. The treatment of choice is transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) because of its low risk of mortality and few complications.AimsTo determine the cure prevalence after TSS of growth hormone (GH) secreting pituitary adenomas. To analyze the predictive factors of non-remission after the surgery...