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["Die grosse Barb" in the museum of the University of Marburg. An early documentation of acromegaly]. / Die grosse Barb im Marburger Universitätsmuseum. Eine frühe Dokumentation der Akromegalie.
Krause, W; Rassner, G; Happle, R.
Afiliação
  • Krause W; Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg - Standort Marburg, Deutschhausstrasse 9, 35033, Marburg. krause@med.uni-marburg.de
Hautarzt ; 60(6): 502-4, 2009 Jun.
Article em De | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19543868
The university museum for cultural history in the castle of Marburg has a portrait "Die grosse Barb", which represents a women suffering from acromegaly. She shows the typical pathologic alterations: thickening of the skin folds, thickening of the lips and the eyelids, growth of bones and cartilages, lengthening of the nose, enlargement of the ears, protrusion of the zygoma, mandible and the chin. Acromegaly is a consequence of enhanced secretion of growth hormone, which occurs also as a symptom of several syndromes, such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, McCune-Albright-syndrome, and NAME syndrome (Carney complex type I). The most remarkable symptom of acromegaly is the gigantism. This occurs also in androgen-deficient states, such as the Klinefelter syndrome and some more genetic syndromes, of which the Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, the Sotos syndrome, the Marfan syndrome, the homocystinuria, and the fragile X-syndrome may be mentioned. Nothing is known on the further fate of the patient shown in the portrait. It is also unknown, whether she owes her position as a chambermaid to her gigantism, for it was a common use in courts to have people with abnormal body shapes in attendance.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pinturas / Acromegalia / Medicina nas Artes / Museus Limite: Female / Humans País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: De Revista: Hautarzt Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pinturas / Acromegalia / Medicina nas Artes / Museus Limite: Female / Humans País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: De Revista: Hautarzt Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article