Endocrine Abstracts

Familial acromegaly (FA) is a rare disease with less than 150 cases published. For its diagnosis (FA), two or more cases of acromegaly in the same family and the absence of MEN1 and/or Carney syndrome are required. FA is in the familial isolated pituitary adenomas (FIPA) group although its genetic condition is still under investigation.The index case is an asymptomatic 43-year-old woman with a 4mm pituitary micro-adenoma. There were not acromegaly signs/...