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ea0011p86 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006

A case of bacterial endocarditis in a patient with acromegaly

Bassotti G , Di Sarra D , Pietrobono D , D’Amico T , Gargiulo P , Tamburrano G

Objective and importance: Among pathologies associated with acromegaly, have great importance both colon benignant neoformations such polyposis, and cardiovascular complications such as miocardic hypertrophy, arterial hypertension, coronaropathy and valvulopathy.Clinical presentation: We report a case of 74-years-old woman with acromegaly, diabetes mellitus type II and hyperthyroidism, who was admitted at our clinic with symptoms of chronic febricula wit...

ea0011p459 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006

Role of family history for diabetes mellitus in determining insulin resistance in acromegalic patients

Diacono F , Pietrobono D , Bassotti G , Borgognoni L , Di Sarra D , Iuorio R , Gargiulo P , Tamburrano G

Objective: Acromegaly is a rare pituitary disease due to excessive secretion of GH. Insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common features in acromegaly. Seventy-four active acromegalic patients were retrospectively evaluated in order to determine the impact of family history for diabetes mellitus on glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and beta-cell function.Patients and methods: We studied 74 patients with ...