title: Acromegaly in an orthodontic patient.
abstract: A 32-year-old white man presented for orthodontic treatment with the chief complaint of mandibular prognathism; he was later found to have acromegaly. General information about pituitary adenomas, specifically growth hormone adenomas, is given, and treatment options are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil. robertvitral@acessa.com
authors.forename: Robert Willer Farinazzo
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Vitral
authors.forename: Orlando Motohiro
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Marcelo Reis
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fraga
authors.forename: Edvaldo Antônio Ribeiro
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rosa
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000209:etiology*; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011378:Prognathism / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone