Recurrent Kidney Stone Episodes Leading to a Diagnosis of Occult Acromegaly

The association between nephrolithiasis and acromegaly has been previously described. Although the mechanism has been established, the urological literature sparsely discusses clinically suspecting that patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis could have acromegaly and subsequently referring them for...

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Autores principales: Thai, Julie N., Tran, Timothy Y., Davydov, Oksana, Gupta, Mantu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Endourology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5458646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28607877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2017.05.004
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author Thai, Julie N.
Tran, Timothy Y.
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description The association between nephrolithiasis and acromegaly has been previously described. Although the mechanism has been established, the urological literature sparsely discusses clinically suspecting that patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis could have acromegaly and subsequently referring them for accurate diagnosis and treatment. We present a case of occult acromegaly secondary to a pituitary tumor discovered 20 years after the patient's first stone episode.
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spelling pubmed-54586462017-06-12 Recurrent Kidney Stone Episodes Leading to a Diagnosis of Occult Acromegaly Thai, Julie N. Tran, Timothy Y. Davydov, Oksana Gupta, Mantu Urol Case Rep Endourology The association between nephrolithiasis and acromegaly has been previously described. Although the mechanism has been established, the urological literature sparsely discusses clinically suspecting that patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis could have acromegaly and subsequently referring them for accurate diagnosis and treatment. We present a case of occult acromegaly secondary to a pituitary tumor discovered 20 years after the patient's first stone episode. Elsevier 2017-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5458646/ /pubmed/28607877 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2017.05.004 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Recurrent Kidney Stone Episodes Leading to a Diagnosis of Occult Acromegaly
title Recurrent Kidney Stone Episodes Leading to a Diagnosis of Occult Acromegaly
title_full Recurrent Kidney Stone Episodes Leading to a Diagnosis of Occult Acromegaly
title_fullStr Recurrent Kidney Stone Episodes Leading to a Diagnosis of Occult Acromegaly
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title_short Recurrent Kidney Stone Episodes Leading to a Diagnosis of Occult Acromegaly
title_sort recurrent kidney stone episodes leading to a diagnosis of occult acromegaly
topic Endourology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5458646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28607877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2017.05.004
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