Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acromegaly is usually not a difficult condition to diagnose if the possibility of this diagnosis has been raised. However, there are a few conditions presenting with some aspects of acromegaly or gigantism but without growth hormone excess. Such cases are described as ‘pseudoacromegaly’ (acromegaloidism).Methods: A female patient was first investigated for GH excess at 10 y for tall stature since infancy (over 97th perc...

Pseudoacromegaly or acromegaloidism is used to describe cases where acromegaly-related physical appearance can be observed without any abnormality in the growth hormone (GH) axis. Acromegalic features, in particular coarse facies, together with hypertrichosis, are typical manifestations of one of the pseudoacromegaly conditions: hypertrichosis acromegaloid facial features (HAFF) syndrome. This condition phenotypically overlaps with Cantu syndrome and acromegaloid facial appear...

Pseudoacromegaly or acromegaloidism is used to describe cases where acromegaly-related physical appearance can be observed without any abnormality in the growth hormone (GH) axis. Acromegalic features, in particular coarse facies, together with hypertrichosis, are typical manifestations of one of the pseudoacromegaly conditions: hypertrichosis acromegaloid facial features (HAFF) syndrome. This condition phenotypically overlaps with Cantu syndrome and acromegaloid facial appear...