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Acromegaly

Overview of attention for article published in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, June 2008
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Title
Acromegaly
Published in
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, June 2008
DOI 10.1186/1750-1172-3-17
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Authors

Philippe Chanson, Sylvie Salenave

Abstract

Acromegaly is an acquired disorder related to excessive production of growth hormone (GH) and characterized by progressive somatic disfigurement (mainly involving the face and extremities) and systemic manifestations. The prevalence is estimated at 1:140,000-250,000. It is most often diagnosed in middle-aged adults (average age 40 years, men and women equally affected). Due to insidious onset and slow progression, acromegaly is often diagnosed four to more than ten years after its onset. The main clinical features are broadened extremities (hands and feet), widened thickened and stubby fingers, and thickened soft tissue. The facial aspect is characteristic and includes a widened and thickened nose, prominent cheekbones, forehead bulges, thick lips and marked facial lines. The forehead and overlying skin is thickened, sometimes leading to frontal bossing. There is a tendency towards mandibular overgrowth with prognathism, maxillary widening, tooth separation and jaw malocclusion. The disease also has rheumatologic, cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic consequences which determine its prognosis. In the majority of cases, acromegaly is related to a pituitary adenoma, either purely GH-secreting (60%) or mixed. In very rare cases, acromegaly is due to ectopic secretion of growth-hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) responsible for pituitary hyperplasia. The clinical diagnosis is confirmed biochemically by an increased serum GH concentration following an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and by detection of increased levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). Assessment of tumor volume and extension is based on imaging studies. Echocardiography and sleep apnea testing are used to determine the clinical impact of acromegaly. Treatment is aimed at correcting (or preventing) tumor compression by excising the disease-causing lesion, and at reducing GH and IGF-I levels to normal values. Transsphenoidal surgery is often the first-line treatment. When surgery fails to correct GH/IGF-I hypersecretion, medical treatment with somatostatin analogs and/or radiotherapy can be used. The GH antagonist (pegvisomant) is used in patients that are resistant to somatostatin analogs. Adequate hormonal disease control is achieved in most cases, allowing a life expectancy similar to that of the general population. However, even if patients are cured or well-controlled, sequelae (joint pain, deformities and altered quality of life) often remain.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Russia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 277 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 47 17%
Student > Master 36 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 9%
Other 23 8%
Researcher 21 8%
Other 49 18%
Unknown 79 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 119 43%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 21 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 2%
Other 20 7%
Unknown 86 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 January 2022.
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#7,217,691
of 22,813,792 outputs
Outputs from Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
#1,045
of 2,615 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#27,994
of 82,299 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
#9
of 11 outputs
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