{"title":"Acromegaly: an endocrine pathology with serious consequences","authors":"Afef Horchani, Ines Bayar, Bilel Ben Amor, Ilhem Hellara, Mabrouk Abdelali, Fadoua Neffati, Ines Khochtali, Mohamed Fadhel Najjar","doi":"10.1684/abc.2022.1735","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disorder leading to an acquired physical disfigurement and multisystem damage. It is caused in over 95% of cases by a secreting pituitary adenoma. Latency period between disease onset and diagnosis is mainly 10 years due to progressive chronic evolution and exposure to high levels of GH and IGF-1. Here we present a case of acromegaly with over 25 years of diagnostic delay in 69-years-old male with typical features and recurrent urolithiasis. Biochemical diagnosis was confirmed by high levels of IGF-1and lack of suppression of GH during an oral glucose load. Imaging and histological study revealed a co-secreting GH/ prolactine macroadenoma. After three months of complete transphenoidal surgical resection, biochemical remission was not obtained and the patient was treated by a somatostatin receptor ligand. Based on this severe case with atypical manifestations, the diagnosis of acromegaly should be always considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":7892,"journal":{"name":"Annales de biologie clinique","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annales de biologie clinique","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1684/abc.2022.1735","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disorder leading to an acquired physical disfigurement and multisystem damage. It is caused in over 95% of cases by a secreting pituitary adenoma. Latency period between disease onset and diagnosis is mainly 10 years due to progressive chronic evolution and exposure to high levels of GH and IGF-1. Here we present a case of acromegaly with over 25 years of diagnostic delay in 69-years-old male with typical features and recurrent urolithiasis. Biochemical diagnosis was confirmed by high levels of IGF-1and lack of suppression of GH during an oral glucose load. Imaging and histological study revealed a co-secreting GH/ prolactine macroadenoma. After three months of complete transphenoidal surgical resection, biochemical remission was not obtained and the patient was treated by a somatostatin receptor ligand. Based on this severe case with atypical manifestations, the diagnosis of acromegaly should be always considered.
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Multidisciplinary information with direct relevance to everyday practice
Annales de Biologie Clinique, the official journal of the French Society of Clinical Biology (SFBC), supports biologists in areas including continuing education, laboratory accreditation and technique validation.
With original articles, abstracts and accounts of everyday practice, the journal provides details of advances in knowledge, techniques and equipment, as well as a forum for discussion open to the entire community.