Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder in which there is an overproduction of growth hormone. If the disorder begins in puberty, it is called gigantism. Most cases of acromegaly are caused by a benign ...

Acromegaly is a serious endocrine disease associated ... If random values are discrepant, multiple growth hormone sampling during a 2-h period with a mean value <1 µg/l will indicate adequate ...

Acromegaly is a rare disorder of unregulated hypersecretion of growth hormone that causes cardiovascular, metabolic and respiratory complications. Herein, we describe the case of a middle-aged man ...

Because physicians of the early nineteenth century were unaware of the endocrine system, acromegaly was regarded as an intrinsic bone disease. Andrea Verga 1 in 1864 and Vincenzo Brigidi in 1877 ...

mds.qmw.ac.uk The frequency of repeat colonoscopy should depend on the findings at the original screening and the activity of the underlying acromegaly. (Recommendation Grade: B) Patients with an ...

Petrified ears in acromegaly may result from elevated growth hormone activity per se or may be a manifestation of associated central adrenal insufficiency or secondary DM or rarely in ...