Epiphora and proptosis as a presenting complaint in acromegaly: Report of two cases with review of literature

Acromegaly is an endocrine disorder characterized by the excess of growth hormone leading to bony and soft-tissue enlargement. Eye involvement due to extraocular muscle enlargement has been described rarely in these patients. Epiphora has been described only once earlier in a patient with acromegaly...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mehra, Mansi, Mohsin, Mohd., Sharma, Puneet, Dewan, Taru, Taneja, Anil, Kulshreshtha, Bindu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24251139
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.119553
_version_ 1782291468173443072
author Mehra, Mansi
Mohsin, Mohd.
Sharma, Puneet
Dewan, Taru
Taneja, Anil
Kulshreshtha, Bindu
author_facet Mehra, Mansi
Mohsin, Mohd.
Sharma, Puneet
Dewan, Taru
Taneja, Anil
Kulshreshtha, Bindu
author_sort Mehra, Mansi
collection PubMed
description Acromegaly is an endocrine disorder characterized by the excess of growth hormone leading to bony and soft-tissue enlargement. Eye involvement due to extraocular muscle enlargement has been described rarely in these patients. Epiphora has been described only once earlier in a patient with acromegaly. Here, we describe two females with acromegaly who presented with the complaints of watering from the eye and proptosis.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3830285
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2013
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-38302852013-11-18 Epiphora and proptosis as a presenting complaint in acromegaly: Report of two cases with review of literature Mehra, Mansi Mohsin, Mohd. Sharma, Puneet Dewan, Taru Taneja, Anil Kulshreshtha, Bindu Indian J Endocrinol Metab Brief Communication Acromegaly is an endocrine disorder characterized by the excess of growth hormone leading to bony and soft-tissue enlargement. Eye involvement due to extraocular muscle enlargement has been described rarely in these patients. Epiphora has been described only once earlier in a patient with acromegaly. Here, we describe two females with acromegaly who presented with the complaints of watering from the eye and proptosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3830285/ /pubmed/24251139 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.119553 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Brief Communication
Mehra, Mansi
Mohsin, Mohd.
Sharma, Puneet
Dewan, Taru
Taneja, Anil
Kulshreshtha, Bindu
Epiphora and proptosis as a presenting complaint in acromegaly: Report of two cases with review of literature
title Epiphora and proptosis as a presenting complaint in acromegaly: Report of two cases with review of literature
title_full Epiphora and proptosis as a presenting complaint in acromegaly: Report of two cases with review of literature
title_fullStr Epiphora and proptosis as a presenting complaint in acromegaly: Report of two cases with review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Epiphora and proptosis as a presenting complaint in acromegaly: Report of two cases with review of literature
title_short Epiphora and proptosis as a presenting complaint in acromegaly: Report of two cases with review of literature
title_sort epiphora and proptosis as a presenting complaint in acromegaly: report of two cases with review of literature
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24251139
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.119553
work_keys_str_mv AT mehramansi epiphoraandproptosisasapresentingcomplaintinacromegalyreportoftwocaseswithreviewofliterature
AT mohsinmohd epiphoraandproptosisasapresentingcomplaintinacromegalyreportoftwocaseswithreviewofliterature
AT sharmapuneet epiphoraandproptosisasapresentingcomplaintinacromegalyreportoftwocaseswithreviewofliterature
AT dewantaru epiphoraandproptosisasapresentingcomplaintinacromegalyreportoftwocaseswithreviewofliterature
AT tanejaanil epiphoraandproptosisasapresentingcomplaintinacromegalyreportoftwocaseswithreviewofliterature
AT kulshreshthabindu epiphoraandproptosisasapresentingcomplaintinacromegalyreportoftwocaseswithreviewofliterature

Ejemplares similares