Endocrine Abstracts

The aim: To study case of partial gigantism.Methods: To evaluate the patient’s condition we conducted hormonal and biochemical investigations, as well as total blood and clinical urine analysis; Doppler sonography and multislice computed tomography were performed.Results: STH – 25.8 mIU/l (normal range: 2.0–20 mIU/l); IGF – 2.9 mg/l (normal range for the age: 13–100 mg/l); ALPase – 160 U/l (normal rang...

The aim: To study the case of Pachydermoperiostosisis.Material and methods: We report a case of a 24-year old male complaining of marked changes in appearance due to the disfiguring thickening and wrinkling of skin, excessive greasiness and perspiration, marked horizontal creases on the forehead, with deep furrows between them, increase in the thickness of eye lids, “senile expression” of the face, thickening of distal parts of extremities, fin...

Aim: To study features of family inheritance in patients of non-functional pituitary adenomas (NFPA) in Uzbekistan.Materials and methods: We included 71 patients with NFPA, intrasellar localization (mean size >3 mm). Mean age was from 18 to 70 years old (range 44.5±3.85 years). Of 71 patients, 30 (42.3%) were men and 41 (57.7%) were women.All patients underwent clinical and biochemical evaluations including endocrine check...