 Acromegaly
"Acromegaly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excessive HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in adults. It is characterized by bony enlargement of the FACE; lower jaw (PROGNATHISM); hands; FEET; HEAD; and THORAX. The most common etiology is a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp79-80)
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D000172
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.132.082 C10.228.140.617.738.250.100 C19.700.355.179
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| Concept/Terms |
Acromegaly- Acromegaly
- Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
- Hypersecretion Syndrome, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
- Hypersecretion Syndromes, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
- Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndromes (Acromegaly)
- Syndrome, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
- Syndromes, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
- Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
- Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acromegaly" by people in Profiles.
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Giustina A, Barkhoudarian G, Beckers A, Ben-Shlomo A, Biermasz N, Biller B, Boguszewski C, Bolanowski M, Bollerslev J, Bonert V, Bronstein MD, Buchfelder M, Casanueva F, Chanson P, Clemmons D, Fleseriu M, Formenti AM, Freda P, Gadelha M, Geer E, Gurnell M, Heaney AP, Ho KKY, Ioachimescu AG, Lamberts S, Laws E, Losa M, Maffei P, Mamelak A, Mercado M, Molitch M, Mortini P, Pereira AM, Petersenn S, Post K, Puig-Domingo M, Salvatori R, Samson SL, Shimon I, Strasburger C, Swearingen B, Trainer P, Vance ML, Wass J, Wierman ME, Yuen KCJ, Zatelli MC, Melmed S. Multidisciplinary management of acromegaly: A consensus. Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2020 12; 21(4):667-678.
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Silberthau K, Thaler E. Tonsillar Hypertrophy in a Patient With Obstructive Sleep Apnea. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 04 01; 146(4):373-374.
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Khodaee M, Gold S, Montgomery LC. Bilateral hand cramping and weakness ? broad fingers ? coarse facial features ? Dx? J Fam Pract. 2014 Dec; 63(12):E9-11.
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Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Carlson NE, Borges MT, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Lillehei KO, Kerr JM, Wierman ME. Growth hormone tumor histological subtypes predict response to surgical and medical therapy. Endocrine. 2015 May; 49(1):231-41.
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Fessler MB, Cool CD, Miller YE, Schwarz MI, Brown KK. Idiopathic diffuse hyperplasia of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells in a patient with acromegaly. Respirology. 2004 Jun; 9(2):274-7.
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Abosch A, Tyrrell JB, Lamborn KR, Hannegan LT, Applebury CB, Wilson CB. Transsphenoidal microsurgery for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas: initial outcome and long-term results. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1998 Oct; 83(10):3411-8.
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Yang I, Park S, Woo J, Kim S, Kim J, Kim Y, Choi Y. Growth hormone response to the hypothalamic somatostatinergic activity in acromegalic patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1997 Aug; 82(8):2492-6.
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Yang I, Park S, Ryu M, Woo J, Kim S, Kim J, Kim Y, Choi Y. Characteristics of gsp-positive growth hormone-secreting pituitary tumors in Korean acromegalic patients. Eur J Endocrinol. 1996 Jun; 134(6):720-6.
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Ross DA, Wilson CB. Results of transsphenoidal microsurgery for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma in a series of 214 patients. J Neurosurg. 1988 Jun; 68(6):854-67.
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Jaquet P, Vague P, Harter M, Sedan R, Carlon N, Vague J. [Giganto-acromegaly in an adolescent. Evolution of plasma levels of somatotropin and insulin]. Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 1969 Nov-Dec; 30(6):789-99.
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