Multidisciplinary management of acromegaly and its deformities.
The skeletal deformities associated with acromegaly are not reversed by correction of abnormal growth hormone dynamic. We describe a patient with acromegaly in whom facial reconstruction was undertaken after successful removal of a pituitary adenoma.
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D014059:Tongue / Q000601:surgery
D013006:Growth Hormone