%0 Journal Article
%T Acromegalia. Presentaci¨®n de un caso
%A Triguero Veloz
%A Mar¨ªa Nereyda
%A Gil P¨¦rez
%A Jes¨²s Carlos
%J Revista de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas de Pinar del R£¿-o
%D 2011
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X acromegaly is not frequently found in cuba, it is characterized by morphological disorders in soma and soft tissues with evidences of hypophyseal tumor. a 32 years old female patient was presented as a second case reported in pinar del rio province. the patient showed a disproportional growing of skull, of the soft and acral parts, prognathism, macroglossia along with thick and seborrheic skin. complementary examinations corroborated the presence of a hypophyseal tumor, distal phalanges of the hands in arrowhead and osteoporosis. adjacent to this diagnosis the following diseases were identified: multifactorial anemia, uterine fibroma, congenital strabismus and right renal agenesis.
%K acromegaly [complications]
%K signs and symptoms.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1561-31942011000300022&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en