Thierry Brue, Haïfa Rahabi, Abdoulaye Barry, Anne Barlier, Jérôme Bertherat, Françoise Borson-Chazot, Frédéric Castinetti, Laure Cazabat, Olivier Chabre, Nicolas Chevalier, Sophie Christin-Maitre, Christine Cortet, Delphine Drui, Peter Kamenicky, Catherine Lançon, Frédéric Lioté, Isabelle Pellegrini, Rachel Reynaud, Sylvie Salenave, Igor Tauveron, Philippe Touraine, Marie-Christine Vantyghem, Bruno Vergès, Delphine Vezzosi, Chiara Villa, Gérald Raverot, Régis Coutant, Philippe Chanson, Frederique Albarel
Acromegaly is a rare disease with prevalence of approximately 60 cases per million, slight female predominance and peak onset in adults in the fourth decade. Clinical diagnosis is often delayed by several years due to the slowly progressive onset of symptoms. There are multiple clinical criteria that define acromegaly: dysmorphic syndrome of insidious onset, symptoms related to the pituitary tumor (headaches, visual disorders), general signs (sweating, carpal tunnel syndrome, joint pain, etc.), complications of the disease (musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, pneumological, dental, metabolic comorbidities, thyroid nodules, colonic polyps, etc...
August 12, 2023: Annales D'endocrinologie