Endocrine Abstracts

A 39-year-old woman presented with a progressive enlargement of her feet, hands, tongue, nose and ears, headaches, excessive sweating, weakness and infertility. She was diagnosed with acromegaly at the age of 36, but had initially refused any kind of treatment. For a period of 3 years, the size of pituitary adenoma had enlarged from 10×12×20 to 13×19×22 mm, and the level of GH had increased from 62.4 to 104 mU/I. Preoperative administration of somatostatin ...