Alotaibi, Awatef and Habib, Ahmad and Osman, Moutaz and Alzahrani, Khaled and Alzahrani, Faisal (2020) Pseudoacromegaly Associated with Non-Functioning Pituitary Adenoma. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (12). pp. 1-5. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
Acromegaly is characterized by excess skin and soft tissue growth due to increased growth hormone (GH) levels. Patients with similar physical findings but without somatotroph axis abnormalities are considered to have pseudoacromegaly. The list of pseudoacromegaly differential diagnoses is long. It may be caused by several congenital and acquired conditions and diagnosis can be challenging due to its rarity and occasional overlapping of some of these conditions. The presence of a pituitary tumour in such cases may lead to a misdiagnosis of acromegaly, and thus, biochemical evaluation is key. Here, we present a case of pseudoacromegaly with an acromegaloid phenotype, normal IGF levels, a supressed GH response to an oral glucose tolerance test, moderate insulin resistance and non-functioning pituitary microadenoma.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pituitary, growth factors, acromegaly, pseudoacromegaly, adenoma |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2021 14:31 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2021 14:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21124 |
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