Endocrine Abstracts

A 48-year-old man presented with classical symptoms and physical signs of severe acromegaly. Investigations revealed: fT4 12.8 picomoles per litre, TSH 1.4 milliunits per litre, testosterone 3.9 nanomoles per litre, FSH 4.3 units per litre, LH 2.1 units per litre, cortisol (09.00 hrs) 710 nanomoles per litre, prolactin 1657 microinternational units per millilitre and IGF1 155 nanomoles per litre. Growth hormone levels were greater than 150 milliunits per litre throughout an or...