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395 respiratory or cardiac failure Among them cardiovascular involvement is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality There are relatively few cases reporting cardiac pISSN 23841095eISSN 238411. Practical Endocrinology. Wendy Blount, DVM. The Pituitary Gland. Two parts. Adenohypophysis – anterior lobe. Pars distalis. Pars intermedia. Pars infundibularis. Neurohypophysis - posterior lobe. Growth Hormone (GH) = Somatotropin. Sayed. Abdel Fattah . Eid. Lecturer of Internal Medicine. Delta University. Acromegaly . . Introduction. - Acromegaly is an insidious disorder caused by a pituitary GH-secreting adenoma resulting in high circulating levels of GH and IGF-I. . Practical Endocrinology. Wendy Blount, DVM. The Pituitary Gland. Two parts. Adenohypophysis – anterior lobe. Pars distalis. Pars intermedia. Pars infundibularis. Neurohypophysis - posterior lobe. Growth Hormone (GH) = Somatotropin. Acromegaly. Very rare. Prevalence in the order of 1 in 200,000. Usually diagnosed between age 40 and 60. No difference in gender susceptibility. Insidious onset. Pathogenesis. Most commonly caused by pituitary adenoma. . therapeutic outcomes. . Fatemeh Rahmani. Agenda. . . 1.Introduction. 2.TherapeuticEnd-Points . ■ . BiochemicalGoals. ■ . Tumor Shrinkage . Nonischemic. /Familial dilated cardiomyopathy. Myocardial ischemia. Valvular disease. Peripartum. cardiomyopathy. Toxin. Non-dilated. Myocarditis. Myocardial ischemia. Valvular disease. Infiltrative cardiomyopathy. Acromegaly. Rahim. . Zahedi. MD. Introduction. Acromegaly. is a rare disease typically caused by an excess of growth hormone (GH) secretion from a pituitary adenoma. The active disease is characterized by elevations of both GH and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1) and the failure of GH suppression in oral glucose tolerance test(OGTT). Batoul. . B. irjandi. Patients with MAS have a somatic (. postzygotic. ) mutation of the alpha subunit of the . G . protein that activates adenylyl . cyclase. . . . This mutation leads to continued stimulation of endocrine function (. Mahtab. . Niroomand. . M. .D.. Assistant Professor of Endocrinology. 2014. Tehran. Out line. Introduction and epidemiology. Etiology and differential diagnosis. Clinical features. Survival . Diagnostic modality. • Today . the pituitary gland is recognized for its . essential role . in body homeostasis, and for this reason it often is referred . to as . the “. master gland. .”. • The pituitary . is a very small gland, weighing between 0.4 and 1 g . Past, Present and Future. Consultant Endocrinologist, . The Christie Hospital NHS FT. Honorary Senior Lecturer, . University of Manchester . SfE. BES 2022- Conflict Of Interest . Acromegaly is caused by . axcess growth . hormone (GH) secretion . due . to a GH secreting pituitary tumour (. somatotroph. . adenoma) usually . a . macroadenoma. .. GH excess . produces . gigantism in children (. Sheila Khawaja. 1. , Muriël Marks. 1. , Mark Gurnell. 2. , Maria Fleseriu. 3. . 1. World Alliance of Pituitary Organizations, Zeeland, Netherlands; . 2. Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK; . Prolactinoma. . (on medical treatment) was referred to endocrine clinic for high IGF1 level and impaired GH-GTT test. Presented by Suzan . Maleki. MD. 2023 JAN. Patient ID. 41 y/o man. From . Amol.