title: Evaluation of temporal bone computed tomography and paranasal sinuses magnetic resonance images in acromegalic patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Acromegaly is a rare disease, which symptoms are caused by excess secretion of a growth hormone (GH) from the anterior pituitary benign tumor - adenoma. Authors present an evaluation of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) images of temporal bone and paranasal sinuses of patients with acromegaly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  1. In all patients with acromegaly, morphological changes in paranasal sinuses were shown. They were mostly pronounced within the maxillary sinuses including the mucosa thickening up to 6 mm and encysted fluid occurrence. 2. CT of temporal bone did not reveal structural changes of internal and median ear. 3. There is a need for further studies on hearing impairment in patients with acromegaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland. zatonski@orl.am.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zatonski
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolanowski
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skrzypek
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morawska-Kochman
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaluzny
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zatonska
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moron
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Badowski
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krecicki
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed