title: Prevalence of dermatologic disorders in 15 patients with acromegaly.
abstract: Acromegaly is a chronic, insidious and rare disease, caused by hyper secretion of the growth hormone, which metabolic and trophic effects commonly result in cutaneous manifestations, sometimes preceding other clinical symptoms. The authors have assessed 15 patients with acromegaly and found dermatologic lesions in all of them, mainly skin thickening, acrochordons, epidermoid cysts, pseudoacanthosis nigricans, seborrheic keratosis, melanocytic naevi and lentiginous spots.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology and Radiology Department, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mariângela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Resende
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bolfi
authors.forename: Vânia dos Santos
authors.initials: Vdos S
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Hélio Amante
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Miot
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology