Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant disorder resulting from partial deficiency of the haeme biosynthetic enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase.Case report: A 17-year-old female presented with progressive abdominal pain. She had history of recurrent abdominal pain and darkening in urine colour. She was on lansoprazol and metaclopramide, initiated 2 days earlier. She did not have additional personal or relevant family histo...

Introduction: Acromegaloidism is characterized by features of acromegaly without excessive GH secretion.Case report: A 24-year-old male presented with acral enlargement and bilateral non-inflammatory wrist and ankle pain. He had coarse facial features, prominent clubbing, enlarged hands and feet. BMI was 21.3 kg/m2. He did not have a relevant personal and family history. He was not on any medication. Due to his acromegaloid appearance he was r...

Introduction: We aimed to determine changes in geriatric assessment of cases with acromegaly.Methods: 26 elderly cases with acromegaly (controlled/uncontrolled: 15/11, F/M: 17/9) were included. 20 age, gender and BMI matched cases without acromegaly composed control group (CG) (F/M: 10/10). Presence of concomitant diseases and educational level were not different between the groups. Cognitive functions were evaluated with Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE), a...