Two cases of acromegaly in a family.
We report two cases of acromegaly due to pituitary adenoma without any other endocrinopathy in a family. The patients had high plasma GH and were improved by transsphenoidal adenomectomy. Acromegaly is usually a clinical syndrome of sporadic nonfamilial occurrence. The familial occurrence of acromegaly not associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia is very rare. Our patients are unlikely to be associated with the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome. Here we describe two patients with acromegaly, a father and his daughter, and review familial cases reported.
Kakiya
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Department of Internal Medicine, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
Kawakubo
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Toyama
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Yamamoto
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D000172:Acromegaly / Q000235:genetics*; D000239:Adenoma, Acidophil / Q000235:genetics; D000238:Adenoma, Chromophobe / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009377:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics