Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Insulinoma visualization is the most difficult stage of diagnosis of this disease. Currently, in most cases the contrast-enhanced multislice computer tomography of abdomen and retroperitoneal space (CE-MSCT) is the method of choice in topical diagnosis of insulinoma. This method is associated with radiation exposure and administration of contrast agents, so it is invasive. Thus, an alternative highly informative and safe method for initial topical diagnosis of in...

A 27-year-old male patient during past 10 years noted a gradual change in his appearance, but began to seek a medical attention only 1.5 years ago due to reduced vision. Hormonal tests from March 2013 revealed marked elevation of GH to 106 mIU/ln (ref. values <20), and IGF1 to 567 ng/ml (121–336), decrease in testosterone levels to 1.91 ng/ml (3–12), with cortisol, LH, FSH, PRL, TSH values within the reference range; MRI of the brain showed a 4×7 mm adenoma ...