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Acromegalia: diagnóstico y tratamiento / Acromegaly: diagnosis and treatment
Pereira Despaigne, Olga Lidia; Palay Despaigne, Maricela Silvia; Rodríguez Cascaret, Argenis.
Affiliation
  • Pereira Despaigne, Olga Lidia; Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso. Santiago de Cuba. CU
  • Palay Despaigne, Maricela Silvia; Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Saturnino Lora Torres", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Santiago de Cuba. CU
  • Rodríguez Cascaret, Argenis; Hospital Oncológico Docente Provincial "Conrado Benítez García", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Santiago de Cuba. CU
Medisan ; 19(3)mar.-mar. 2015.
Article in Es | LILACS, CUMED | ID: lil-740865
Responsible library: CU418.1
RESUMEN
La acromegalia es una enfermedad crónica multisistémica, de baja prevalencia, cuyo diagnóstico y tratamiento deben adecuarse a las realidades actuales. No obstante, continúa siendo una enfermedad subdiagnosticada, que evoluciona con una elevada tasa de mortalidad, generalmente por causas cardiovasculares y cerebrovasculares, lo cual reduce la esperanza de vida de la persona que la padece. En el presente artículo se describen las formas de presentación del hipersomatotropismo, los métodos de diagnóstico y las modalidades terapéuticas, que incluyen la quirúrgica, la farmacológica y la radioterapia.
ABSTRACT
Acromegaly is a multisystem chronic disease, of low prevalence which diagnosis and treatment should be adapted to the current realities. Nevertheless, it continues being an underdiagnosed disease with a clinical course of high mortality rate, generally due to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular causes, which reduce the life expectancy of the person suffering it. In this work, the forms of presentation of hypersomatotropism, the methods of diagnosis and the therapeutic modalities are described, that include the surgical one, the pharmacological one and the radiotherapy.
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Full text: 1 Index: LILACS Main subject: Acromegaly Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: Es Journal: Medisan Journal subject: MEDICINA Year: 2015 Type: Article
Full text: 1 Index: LILACS Main subject: Acromegaly Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: Es Journal: Medisan Journal subject: MEDICINA Year: 2015 Type: Article