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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| According to the endocrine society, screening for acromegaly is recommended among patients with clinical features of acromegaly. These features include enlarged [[hands]] and [[feet]], [[frontal]] protrusion, and [[skin]] thickening. The screening is performed by measurement of the [[IGF-1]].
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| == Screening == | | == Screening == |
| According to the endocrine society, screening for acromegaly by measurement of [[IGF-1]] is recommended among patients with the clinical features of acromegaly. These features include the following:<ref name="pmid25356808">{{cite journal| author=Katznelson L, Laws ER, Melmed S, Molitch ME, Murad MH, Utz A et al.| title=Acromegaly: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline. | journal=J Clin Endocrinol Metab | year= 2014 | volume= 99 | issue= 11 | pages= 3933-51 | pmid=25356808 | doi=10.1210/jc.2014-2700 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25356808 }} </ref>
| | There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for acromegaly. |
| *Enlarged [[hands]] and [[feet]]
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| *Change in the [[facial]] features
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| *[[Headache]]
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| *Increase [[sweating]]
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| *[[Paraesthesia]]
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| *[[Skin]] thickening
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| *Protrusion of the lower [[jaw]]
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| Screening also is recommended in patients with associated conditions of acromegaly. Acromegaly is associated with different comorbidities so that screening is important in patients with these comorbidities which include:
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| *[[Diabetes mellitus|Diabetes Mellitus]]
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| *[[Carpal tunnel syndrome]]
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| *[[Arthritis]]
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| *[[Sleep apnea]]
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| *[[Hypertension]]
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]
Overview
There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for acromegaly.
Screening
There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for acromegaly.
References
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