Oral disorders related to acromegaly

Acromegaly is a rare disease caused due to hyper secretion of growth hormone. Most of the cases of acromegaly are caused by pituitary adenoma which can be microadenoma or macroadenomas. This condition has a tendency toward overgrowth of the mandible, maxillary widening, tooth separation and skeletal...

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Autores principales: Belmehdi, Akram, Chbicheb, Saliha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31934239
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.34.96.19873
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description Acromegaly is a rare disease caused due to hyper secretion of growth hormone. Most of the cases of acromegaly are caused by pituitary adenoma which can be microadenoma or macroadenomas. This condition has a tendency toward overgrowth of the mandible, maxillary widening, tooth separation and skeletal malocclusion which compromises the aesthetics of an individual. Hence dentists have a role in diagnosing this disorder. The aim of this paper is to present a case report of acromegaly.
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spelling pubmed-69456692020-01-13 Oral disorders related to acromegaly Belmehdi, Akram Chbicheb, Saliha Pan Afr Med J Case Report Acromegaly is a rare disease caused due to hyper secretion of growth hormone. Most of the cases of acromegaly are caused by pituitary adenoma which can be microadenoma or macroadenomas. This condition has a tendency toward overgrowth of the mandible, maxillary widening, tooth separation and skeletal malocclusion which compromises the aesthetics of an individual. Hence dentists have a role in diagnosing this disorder. The aim of this paper is to present a case report of acromegaly. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6945669/ /pubmed/31934239 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.34.96.19873 Text en © Akram Belmehdi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Oral disorders related to acromegaly
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945669/
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