Acromegaly versus hypogonadism: Bone fragility and evaluation.

Introduction: Osteopathy in patients with acromegaly is characterized by increased prevalence of vertebral fragility fractures (VF). However, the diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis are seldomly met in terms of bone mineral density (BMD), as patients with acromegaly frequently present normal BMD for age and gender.

Methodology: We performed a cross-sectional study on 71 patients with acromegaly and 75 patients with hypogonadism.

Acromegaly treatment in Romania. How close are we to disease control?

Introduction: In Romania, no nationwide data for acromegaly treatment and control rate are available. Our objective was to assess the acromegaly control rate in a tertiary referral centre, which covers an important part of Romanian territory and population of patients with acromegaly.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed the records of all 164 patients (49 males and 115 females; median age 55 [47, 63.