Affected populations: Acromegaly is estimated to affect approximately 50 to 70 people out of every million. However, the true figure may be higher, as the symptoms develop slowly and thus may go ...

The mean age at diagnosis is 40-50 years and the most common cause is a GH-secreting pituitary adenoma. A majority (nearly 75%) of patients with acromegaly will have a pituitary macroadenoma (>10 mm) ...

Recent studies have emphasized the importance of early diagnosis and effective management of acromegaly. The diagnosis is primarily confirmed through biochemical tests that measure elevated levels ...

with acromegaly. Patients received somatostatin analogs as primary therapy. They were assessed clinically, biologically and radiologically at the time of diagnosis, 6 months after starting ...

Not all subjects with the gene would develop the disease, but in the subjects where it does develop (20-30%), early diagnosis is key to successful treatment. These data suggest that testing of young ...