Endocrinology specialist Dr Preethi Dissanayake discusses this uncommon presentation, in the latest in our series on conditions that GPs may only encounter once in their career. Acromegaly is a rare ...

A pituitary adenoma can cause the gland to grow abnormally and press onto the optic nerve and onto important areas of the brain which surround the gland (Figure 4). This is why patients with pituitary ...

Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2009;9(2):125-137. Nonprotruding lesions can be removed by the endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) technique (sm1a + b), while sm1c lesions and beyond should be treated ...

Childhood or young adult onset patients usually with acromegaly can also have mutations in the AIP gene without a known family history of pituitary adenoma. DNA (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid) is the ...