Endocrine Abstracts

Acromegaly is a rare and serious syndrome and commonly associated with pituitary neoplasm. Classic cause of acromegaly in adults is the tumors of the somatotrophs that secrete growth hormone. Cirrhosis is the end stage of chronic liver disease and commonly cause of death. It is characterized by diffuse hepatic fibrosis resulting in altered construction of the lobular parenchyma with widespread connective tissue septae, circumscribed regenerative nodules of hepatocytes and anas...