DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS, DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ACROMEGALY

Abstract

Clinical features of acromegaly are acral enlargement, prognatism, kyphosis, soft tissue as well a s facial chanjes, hyper glycemia, hypertension, hypogonadism, thyroid dysfunction and cardiomyopathy. Diagnosis is based on MRI and CT scan. Treatment is dependent on somatostatin analogs, dopamine agonists, GH receptor antagoni sts.