Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: to determine the need for screening for IGF-1 levels in patients with prolactinomas and without obvious symptoms of acromegaly. Matherials and methods: A pilot cross-sectional study, based on the analysis of medical records of patients with confirmed prolactinoma, who applied to the Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute named by M.F. Vladimirsky. A total of 88 patients were included in the study. The frequency of studying the level o...

In real practice, pituitary adenomas may have non-specific clinical manifestations. Patients are consulted by doctors of various specialties, but not endocrinologists. In confirmation of this we would like to present a Clinical case Male patient D. experienced severe headache at the age 39 y.o., was consulted by the neurologist. MRI demonstrated a pituitary macroadenoma 35x36x36 mm in size (22680 mm3) with supra-para-infrasellar growth. The neurosurgeon recommended surgical tr...