title: Diabetes mellitus following pituitary adenomectomy in euglycemic patients with acromegaly.
abstract: Insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus (DM) secondary to acromegaly generally improve following treatment of the underlying disease. In rare cases, in spite of normoglycaemia in the presence of active acromegaly, patients develop diabetes mellitus following pituitary adenomectomy to the extent of requiring insulin therapy. We report 7 patients who developed diabetes mellitus after pituitary adenomectomy. Regular measuring of blood glucose in post-pituitary surgery patients is recommended as a necessary step even in the previously normoglycaemics.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Centre (EMRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Iran. emrc@sina.tums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Bagher
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Larijani
authors.forename: Manouchehr
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakhjavani
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baradar-Jalili
authors.forename: Seyed Mohammad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Akrami
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bandarian
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone