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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2013.09.014 | DOI Listing |
J Endocrinol Invest
December 2024
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medical Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Purpose: Acromegaly, a rare disease with peak incidence in early adulthood, is marked by significant diagnostic delay and increased mortality due to complications. While older patients often show milder disease activity, they experience longer diagnostic delay. Higher hormonal levels, advanced age, and prolonged delay are associated with more systemic complications.
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December 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey.
Background: Acromegaly is a disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. The role of primary care physicians is very important in the early diagnosis of acromegaly. The present study aims to determine the knowledge and attitudes of primary care physicians about acromegaly in different countries worldwide.
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December 2024
5th Department of Internal Medicine, Comenius University Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Introduction: Acromegaly is associated with increased vertebral fracture (VF) risk regardless of bone mineral density (BMD). However, the vertebral trabecular compartment is still low; a possible contributor to this may be impaired glucose metabolism (GM) which frequently complicates acromegaly. Additionally, soft tissue thickness may confound bone imaging in acromegaly patients.
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December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Purpose: Acromegaly patients occasionally achieve either of the remission criterion of IGF-1 or GH level postoperatively; however, treatment for patients with discordant IGF-1 and GH levels remains unclear. This study aimed to clarify the clinical courses and features of postoperative patients with normal IGF-1 and high GH levels and support their management.
Methods: Overall, 110 acromegaly patients underwent initial surgery and a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) 3 months postoperatively.
Pituitary
December 2024
Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University and IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Introduction: First-generation somatostatin receptor ligands (fg-SRLs) are the cornerstone of acromegaly treatment. Additional benefits were shown using high dose (HD) or high frequency (HF), relatively short-term regimens. Although several predictors of response to standard dose (SD)-fg-SRLs were reported, outcome biomarkers for HF administration are not yet available.
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