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ea0011p86 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006

A case of bacterial endocarditis in a patient with acromegaly

Bassotti G , Di Sarra D , Pietrobono D , D’Amico T , Gargiulo P , Tamburrano G

Objective and importance: Among pathologies associated with acromegaly, have great importance both colon benignant neoformations such polyposis, and cardiovascular complications such as miocardic hypertrophy, arterial hypertension, coronaropathy and valvulopathy.Clinical presentation: We report a case of 74-years-old woman with acromegaly, diabetes mellitus type II and hyperthyroidism, who was admitted at our clinic with symptoms of chronic febricula wit...

ea0011p89 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006

A case of adult GH deficit in a woman with Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome type II

Pietrobono D , Bassotti G , Diacono F , Iuorio R , Mercuri V , Gargiulo P

We report a case of a 53 years old woman who presented asthenia, cramps, cutaneous hyperpigmentation, nausea, vomiting, vague and non-specific epigastric abdominal pain, weight loss and hypotension. She was diagnosed with Addison’s disease because biochemical data were indicative for autoimmune adrenal failure (positivity for adrenal cortex antibodies). Nevertheless during the following 9 years the patient began to note the progressive reduction of pubic and axillary hair...

ea0011p459 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006

Role of family history for diabetes mellitus in determining insulin resistance in acromegalic patients

Diacono F , Pietrobono D , Bassotti G , Borgognoni L , Di Sarra D , Iuorio R , Gargiulo P , Tamburrano G

Objective: Acromegaly is a rare pituitary disease due to excessive secretion of GH. Insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common features in acromegaly. Seventy-four active acromegalic patients were retrospectively evaluated in order to determine the impact of family history for diabetes mellitus on glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and beta-cell function.Patients and methods: We studied 74 patients with ...