Endocrine Abstracts

In the Rhône Alpes region, that hosts more than 5.6 million inhabitants; thyroid illnesses are still rather common with 3,600 operations on the thyroid gland per year, comprising 650 incident cases of cancer. A progressive increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer was suspected in the 1990 s and a population based register was initiated. The collection consists of histological data validated and obtained directly from pathologists, surgical wards and controlled through ...

Context: Ectopic GHRH secretion is a rare cause of acromegaly described mainly in isolated case reports.Setting: From the registry of the sole laboratory performing plasma GHRH assays in France, we identified cases of ectopic GHRH secretion presenting with acromegaly between 1983 and 2008.Patients: In total, 21 patients aged 14–77 years, from 12 French hospitals. Median GHRH was 548 ng/l (270–9779)....