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An article on acromegaly covering the background, frequency, history, causes, and other problems to be concerned. Also explaining why it is so difficult to diagnose acromegaly. easy to understand and ...
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eMedicine - Acromegaly : Article by Hasnain M Khandwala, MD
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Acromegaly - Increased and unregulated growth hormone (GH) production, usually caused by a GH-secreting pituitary tumor (somatotroph tumor), characterizes acromegaly. Other causes of increased and unregulated GH production, all very rare, include increased growth hormone–releasing hormone (GHRH) from hypothalamic tumors, ectopic GHRH from nonendocrine tumors, and ectopic GH secretion by nonendocrine tumors.Symptoms develop insidiously, taking years to decades to become apparent, with a mean duration of symptom onset to diagnosis of 12 years. Excess GH produces a myriad of signs ...
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