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KEY FACTS
Terminology
Imaging
Top Differential Diagnoses
Pathology
Clinical Issues
TERMINOLOGY
Definitions
- Acromegaly: onset of disease after physes closed
- Gigantism: onset of disease before physes closed
IMAGING
General Features
Imaging Recommendations
Radiography: Acromegaly
Radiography: Hypopituitarism
CT Findings
MR Findings
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Treatment
Selected References
- Tidblad A: The history, physiology and treatment safety of growth hormone. Acta Paediatr. 111(2):215-24, 2022
- Asa SL et al: An update on pituitary neuroendocrine tumors leading to acromegaly and gigantism. J Clin Med. 10(11), 2021
- Banskota S et al: Pituitary adenomas: from diagnosis to therapeutics. Biomedicines. 9(5), 2021
- Sisco J et al: Towards an earlier diagnosis of acromegaly and gigantism. J Clin Med. 10(7), 2021
- Gupta AK et al: Imaging in short stature and bone age estimation. Indian J Pediatr. 86(10):939-51, 2019
- Colao A et al: The effects of somatostatin analogue therapy on pituitary tumor volume in patients with acromegaly. Pituitary. 19(2):210-21, 2016
- Rosenbloom AL: A half-century of studies of growth hormone insensitivity/Laron syndrome: a historical perspective. Growth Horm IGF Res. 28:46-50, 2016
- Margusino-Framiñán L et al: Cost-effectiveness analysis of preoperative treatment of acromegaly with somatostatin analogue on surgical outcome. Eur J Intern Med. 26(9):736-41, 2015
- Wang CY et al: Idiopathic growth hormone deficiency in the morphologically normal pituitary gland is associated with perfusion delay. Radiology. 258(1):213-21, 2011
- Chanson P: [Acromegaly.] Presse Med. 38(1):92-102, 2009
- Kornreich L et al: Abnormalities of the axial and proximal appendicular skeleton in adults with Laron syndrome (growth hormone insensitivity). Skeletal Radiol. 37(2):153-60, 2008
- Miller A et al: Impact of musculoskeletal disease on quality of life in long-standing acromegaly. Eur J Endocrinol. 158(5):587-93, 2008
- Ayuk J et al: Growth hormone and its disorders. Postgrad Med J. 82(963):24-30, 2006
- Bluestone R et al: Acromegalic arthropathy. Ann Rheum Dis. 30(3):243-58, 1971
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KEY FACTS
Terminology
Imaging
Top Differential Diagnoses
Pathology
Clinical Issues
TERMINOLOGY
Definitions
- Acromegaly: onset of disease after physes closed
- Gigantism: onset of disease before physes closed
IMAGING
General Features
Imaging Recommendations
Radiography: Acromegaly
Radiography: Hypopituitarism
CT Findings
MR Findings
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Treatment
Selected References
- Tidblad A: The history, physiology and treatment safety of growth hormone. Acta Paediatr. 111(2):215-24, 2022
- Asa SL et al: An update on pituitary neuroendocrine tumors leading to acromegaly and gigantism. J Clin Med. 10(11), 2021
- Banskota S et al: Pituitary adenomas: from diagnosis to therapeutics. Biomedicines. 9(5), 2021
- Sisco J et al: Towards an earlier diagnosis of acromegaly and gigantism. J Clin Med. 10(7), 2021
- Gupta AK et al: Imaging in short stature and bone age estimation. Indian J Pediatr. 86(10):939-51, 2019
- Colao A et al: The effects of somatostatin analogue therapy on pituitary tumor volume in patients with acromegaly. Pituitary. 19(2):210-21, 2016
- Rosenbloom AL: A half-century of studies of growth hormone insensitivity/Laron syndrome: a historical perspective. Growth Horm IGF Res. 28:46-50, 2016
- Margusino-Framiñán L et al: Cost-effectiveness analysis of preoperative treatment of acromegaly with somatostatin analogue on surgical outcome. Eur J Intern Med. 26(9):736-41, 2015
- Wang CY et al: Idiopathic growth hormone deficiency in the morphologically normal pituitary gland is associated with perfusion delay. Radiology. 258(1):213-21, 2011
- Chanson P: [Acromegaly.] Presse Med. 38(1):92-102, 2009
- Kornreich L et al: Abnormalities of the axial and proximal appendicular skeleton in adults with Laron syndrome (growth hormone insensitivity). Skeletal Radiol. 37(2):153-60, 2008
- Miller A et al: Impact of musculoskeletal disease on quality of life in long-standing acromegaly. Eur J Endocrinol. 158(5):587-93, 2008
- Ayuk J et al: Growth hormone and its disorders. Postgrad Med J. 82(963):24-30, 2006
- Bluestone R et al: Acromegalic arthropathy. Ann Rheum Dis. 30(3):243-58, 1971
