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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1004910
© Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart · New York
Sequelae to Acromegaly: Reversibility with Treatment of the Primary Disease
Publication History
Publication Date:
14 March 2008 (online)

Summary
Acromegalic patients suffer from a number of cardiovascular, metabolic, and rheumatologic problems, and they may also have an increased incidence of malignancy. We reviewed the literature concerning the reversibility of acromegalic complications. Hypertension, myocardial hypertrophy, left ventricular dysfunction and some rheumatologic abnormalities often continue despite successful treatment of the acromegaly. In contrast, glucose intolerance, soft tissue changes, and carpal tunnel syndrome usually resolve when the acromegaly is cured. Studies of the incidence and mortality of cancer in acromegaly are conflicting, but several suggest an increased incidence of colorectal cancer.
Key words
Acromegaly - Hypertension - Ventricular Hypertrophy - Cardiomyopathy - Diabetes Mellitus - Malignancy - Colorectal Cancer - Osteoarthritis - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome