A rare cause of acromegaly: McCune-Albright syndrome

A rare cause of acromegaly: McCune-Albright syndrome

McCune-Albright syndrome is characterized by polyostatic fibrous dysplasia, brown spots on the skin (café au lait pigmentation) and autonomous endocrine hyperfunction. Early puberty and other endocrinological manifestations, such as acromegaly, gigantism and hypercortisolism are widely observed in...

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Main Authors: Erdal Bodakçi, Mazhar Müslüm Tuna, Faruk Kılınç, Zafer Pekkolay, Hikmet Soylu, Şadiye Altun Tuzcu, Alpaslan Kemal Tuzcu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dicle University Medical School 2015-06-01
Series:Dicle Medical Journal
Subjects:
McCune-Albright syndrome; acromegaly; fi - brous dysplasia
Online Access:http://www.diclemedj.org/upload/sayi/36/Dicle%20Med%20J-02416.pdf
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spelling doaj-ccb45a68da324c01b0bf768e97a9a7962020-11-24T23:44:23ZengDicle University Medical SchoolDicle Medical Journal 1300-29451308-98892015-06-0142224224410.5798/diclemedj.0921.2015.02.0564A rare cause of acromegaly: McCune-Albright syndromeErdal Bodakçi 0Mazhar Müslüm Tuna 1Faruk Kılınç 2Zafer Pekkolay 3Hikmet Soylu 4Şadiye Altun Tuzcu 5Alpaslan Kemal Tuzcu 6Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, Türkiye Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Endokrinoloji ve Metabolizma Bilim Dalı, Diyarbakır , Türkiye Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Endokrinoloji ve Metabolizma Bilim Dalı, Diyarbakır , Türkiye Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Endokrinoloji ve Metabolizma Bilim Dalı, Diyarbakır , Türkiye Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Endokrinoloji ve Metabolizma Bilim Dalı, Diyarbakır , TürkiyeDiyarbakır Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Nükleer Tıp Kliniği, Diyarbakır, Türkiye Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Endokrinoloji ve Metabolizma Bilim Dalı, Diyarbakır , Türkiye McCune-Albright syndrome is characterized by polyostatic fibrous dysplasia, brown spots on the skin (café au lait pigmentation) and autonomous endocrine hyperfunction. Early puberty and other endocrinological manifestations, such as acromegaly, gigantism and hypercortisolism are widely observed in the syndrome. Acromegaly is seen in 20% of patients. We report a case of acromegaly accompanied with this syndrome.http://www.diclemedj.org/upload/sayi/36/Dicle%20Med%20J-02416.pdfMcCune-Albright syndrome; acromegaly; fi - brous dysplasia
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author Erdal Bodakçi
Mazhar Müslüm Tuna
Faruk Kılınç
Zafer Pekkolay
Hikmet Soylu
Şadiye Altun Tuzcu
Alpaslan Kemal Tuzcu
spellingShingle Erdal Bodakçi
Mazhar Müslüm Tuna
Faruk Kılınç
Zafer Pekkolay
Hikmet Soylu
Şadiye Altun Tuzcu
Alpaslan Kemal Tuzcu
A rare cause of acromegaly: McCune-Albright syndrome
Dicle Medical Journal
McCune-Albright syndrome; acromegaly; fi - brous dysplasia
author_facet Erdal Bodakçi
Mazhar Müslüm Tuna
Faruk Kılınç
Zafer Pekkolay
Hikmet Soylu
Şadiye Altun Tuzcu
Alpaslan Kemal Tuzcu
author_sort Erdal Bodakçi
title A rare cause of acromegaly: McCune-Albright syndrome
title_short A rare cause of acromegaly: McCune-Albright syndrome
title_full A rare cause of acromegaly: McCune-Albright syndrome
title_fullStr A rare cause of acromegaly: McCune-Albright syndrome
title_full_unstemmed A rare cause of acromegaly: McCune-Albright syndrome
title_sort rare cause of acromegaly: mccune-albright syndrome
publisher Dicle University Medical School
series Dicle Medical Journal
issn 1300-2945
1308-9889
publishDate 2015-06-01
description McCune-Albright syndrome is characterized by polyostatic fibrous dysplasia, brown spots on the skin (café au lait pigmentation) and autonomous endocrine hyperfunction. Early puberty and other endocrinological manifestations, such as acromegaly, gigantism and hypercortisolism are widely observed in the syndrome. Acromegaly is seen in 20% of patients. We report a case of acromegaly accompanied with this syndrome.
topic McCune-Albright syndrome; acromegaly; fi - brous dysplasia
url http://www.diclemedj.org/upload/sayi/36/Dicle%20Med%20J-02416.pdf
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