National registries of patients with acromegaly have been created, enabling future study of disease outcome and testing of new treatments. 8,9 In addition, highly sensitive and specific growth ...

examined the long term (≤18 years) antihormonal and antitumor efficacy as well as the safety of somatostatin analogs in 36 patients (mean age 53 years) with acromegaly. Patients received ...

Acromegaly is curable in some cases. In patients who have a small pituitary gland tumor that can be removed via surgery, the ...

Indeed, the concept of "inactive" or "burnt-out" acromegaly appears to have little applicability. In our experience, as in that of others, virtually all untreated patients with physical signs of ...

A genetic test on DNA samples can identify the presence of the gene presenting the risk. Figure 1. Map showing part of island of Ireland with the identified number of AIP gene carriers and acromegaly ...

Reports of familial pituitary adenomas date back to more than a century ago, though information is sparse. The term acromegaly was first used by Pierre Marie in 1886 but patients with acromegaly have ...