Endocrine Abstracts

Background: SUB:Pituitary – Clinical (Generously supported by IPSEN)Craniopharyngioma (CP), Rathke’s cyst (RC) and xanthogranuloma (XG) are closely related rare sellar masses, which share common embryogenic origin. Treatment strategies in children lack consensus, especially in terms of surgical and radiooncological treatment options.Objective: To study clinical manifestations and treatment-related outco-me in RC, XG, and CP patients.</...

Objective: The short-term cardiovascular effects of continuous ghrelin infusion in healthy humans remain to be studied.Methods: Fifteen healthy, young and normal-weight men volunteered to participate in a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study. The local ethics committee approved the study. We used a constant infusion of human ghrelin at a rate of 5 pmol/kg body weight per minute for 180 minutes and measured peak left ventricular my...