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Acromegalia. Presentación de un casoKeywords: acromegaly [complications], signs and symptoms. Abstract: 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.
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