Pseudoacromegaly Associated with Non-Functioning Pituitary Adenoma
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 m...
Main Authors: | Awatef Alotaibi, Ahmad Habib, Moutaz Osman, Khaled Alzahrani, Faisal Alzahrani |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SMC MEDIA SRL
2020-10-01
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Series: | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1950 |
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