His teeth shifted in his mouth, creating an underbite. He gained over 100 pounds ... Kohn had the clinical features of a disease called acromegaly, a rare illness that causes the body to produce ...

The case report by cardiologist Mahmoud Gomaa and colleagues from Kafrelsheikh University Hospital in Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt, highlighted the potential complications of acromegaly. The patient ...

By 2023, his previously 'perfect smile' had a severe underbite, and he could barely ... an MRI scan showed Mr Kohn had a rare condition called acromegaly, caused by a tumor growing on his ...

The various surgical and radiologic methods of treating acromegaly have dramatically improved over the past 75 years. In addition to the improvements in primary surgical and radiation methods ...

Over the past decade, important progress in the treatment options for acromegaly has been made, which required an update of the 'Cortina criteria for cure' described in a consensus statement of ...

Patients with acromegaly require fortnightly or monthly injections of somatostatin analogs during clinic visits. The introduction of lanreotide, in the form of Somatuline Autogel ® (SCRAS ...