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ea0049ep987 | Pituitary - Clinical | ECE2017

Stenosis of the external auditory canal in an acromegalic patient: a novel complication

Kim Hee Kyung , Yoon Jee Hee , Jeong Yun Ah , Kang Ho-Cheol

Acromegaly is associated with a range of comorbidities, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea. Bony overgrowth and soft tissue thickening not only cause typical external features of acromegaly, but also debilitating musculoskeletal aches. Recently, a few papers reported auditory complications of acromegaly, but there has been no report on narrowing of the external auditory canal as a complication of acromegaly. A 58-year-old acromegalic patie...