Hypersomatotropism induced secondary polycythaemia leading to spontaneous pituitary apoplexy resulting in cure of acromegaly and remission of polycythaemia: ‘The virtuous circle’

A young man with subtle clinical features suggestive of hypersomatotropism presented with acute-onset severe headache. Relevant investigations confirmed polycythaemia and growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary macroadenoma with apoplexy. Secondary polycythaemia and myeloproliferative disorders were...

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Vydáno v:BMJ Case Rep
Hlavní autoři: Patra, Shinjan, Biswas, Sugata Narayan, Datta, Joydip, Chakraborty, Partha Pratim
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Unusual Association of Diseases/Symptoms
On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728212/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29222208
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222669
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