title: [The para-clinic investigation of temporo-mandibular joint changes in patients with acromegaly].
abstract: The Acromegaly is an endocrinological disease determined by the hypersecretion of STH in a certain period of the body evolution and it causes the hypertrophy of bones in general and of mandible and cranio-facial bones, determining a disorder due to this development of bones, associated with troubles in the activity of muscles and of the phospho-calcium metabolism. This study was made on a group of 33 acromegaly patients. Their temporo-mandibular joint was investigated by ortopantomography, tomography, computer tomography and scintigraphy. All of these exams shows the changes in temporo-mandibular joint due to the cells hyperactivity determined by the hypersecretion of STH.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Reabilitare Orală Complexă şi Ergonomie, Facultatea de Medicină Stomatologică, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Isai.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morăraşu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Burlui
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olaru
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boza
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bortă
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morăraşu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brînză
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone