Acromegaly in an orthodontic patient.
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.
Vitral
Robert Willer Farinazzo
RW
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil. robertvitral@acessa.com
Tanaka
Orlando Motohiro
OM
Fraga
Marcelo Reis
MR
Rosa
Edvaldo Antônio Ribeiro
EA
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*
D019382:Human Growth Hormone