Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Isolated male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism can be congenital or acquired. Mean platelet volume (MPV), which is a determinant of platelet function, is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate MPV values in untreated, normosmic, isolated, male, idiopatic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) patients, and the relationships among MPV, low testosterone levels, metabolic syndrome, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and cardiovascul...

Pregnancy in active acromegaly at reproductive age is very rare occurrence due to hyperprolactinemia, hypogonadism and side effects of treatment of acromegaly. Only a few reports were described in medical literature by now.We report a 31-year-old woman ongoing active acromegaly despite who received Octeatide LAR 30 mg treatment monthly for the control of GH and IGF1 excess until realized her pregnancy. A GH secreting pituitary macroadenoma (tumor size 2 ...

Lingual thyroid is an abnormal formation appearing as the result of a deficient descent during embryological development of the thyroid gland through the thyroglossal duct to its normal pretracheal location, and it is a rare embryological aberration. A 19 years old woman was admitted to with foreign-body-feeling, dysphonia, hoarseness, constipation. Examination showed a spherical, red fleshy and smooth contoured mass rat back of the tongue. Thyroid scan with technetium 99 m re...