Acromegaly and psoriasis.
A 56-year-old man with long-standing chronic plaque psoriasis was noted to be acromegalic. Investigations confirmed the presence of a large pituitary adenoma and following treatment of this by hypophysectomy his psoriasis cleared dramatically within 3 weeks.
Todd
D J
DJ
Department of Dermatology, Belfast City Hospital, UK.
Eedy
D J
DJ
McMillan
J C
JC
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy