Acromegaly: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management

M Fleseriu, F Langlois, DST Lim… - The Lancet Diabetes & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas that cause acromegaly arise as monoclonal
expansions of differentiated somatotroph cells and are usually sporadic. They are almost …

Musculoskeletal effects of altered GH action

JA Young, S Zhu, EO List, S Duran-Ortiz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Growth hormone (GH) is a peptide hormone that can signal directly through its receptor or
indirectly through insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) stimulation. GH draws its name from its …

High prevalence of sarcopenia and myosteatosis in patients undergoing hemodialysis

C Fu, D Yan, L Wang, F Duan, D Gu, N Yao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background and purpose Sarcopenia is highly prevalent (28.5–40.3%) in patients
undergoing hemodialysis and leads to poor clinical outcomes. However, the association …

Skeletal muscle evaluation in patients with acromegaly

A Milioto, G Corica, F Nista… - Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Context Patients with acromegaly are characterized by chronic exposure to high growth
hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 levels, known for their anabolic effect on …

Temporal and masseter muscle evaluation by MRI provides information on muscle mass and quality in acromegaly patients

F Gatto, A Milioto, G Corica, F Nista, C Campana… - Pituitary, 2024 - Springer
Purpose The impact of GH/IGF-1 levels on skeletal muscle in acromegaly is still
controversial. Temporal (TMT) and masseter muscle (MMT) thickness has been recently …

Craniofacial impact of acromegaly: when muscle ma-sse-tter

T Cuny - Pituitary, 2024 - Springer
Pituitary decrease in the thickness of the tongue with, in turn, the potential cure for OSA [19,
20]. The retrospective design of the study published by Gatto et al. did not allow them to …

Assessment of forearm muscles with ultrasound shear wave elastography in patients with acromegaly

M Coskun, HN Sendur, MN Cerit, A Babayeva, ET Cerit… - Pituitary, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The effects of acromegaly on soft tissues, bones and joints are well-documented,
but information on its effects on muscle mass and quality remains limited. The primary goal …

[HTML][HTML] Muscle fat infiltration: a narrative review of the magnetic resonance (MR)-based evaluation methods and their clinical applications

A Assi, B Ramadan, M Karam, J Rouyer… - … Imaging in Medicine …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background and Objective Muscle fat infiltration (MFI) can be seen in several pathologies of
various origin including neuromuscular, endocrinological, or musculoskeletal etiologies. Its …

磁共振引导的咀嚼肌疼痛放松训练疗效评估

杨海霞, 徐丽丽, 王博成, 陈敏洁 - 上海交通大学学报(医学版), 2023 - xuebao.shsmu.edu.cn
目的· 应用磁共振成像(magnetic resonance imaging, MRI) 的Dixon 技术评估非结构错乱的颞
下颌关节紊乱病(temporomandibular joint disorder, TMD) 的咀嚼肌疼痛患者的肌肉改变 …

Brak poprawy wydolności fizycznej w trakcie rehabilitacji kardiologicznej u pacjenta z podwyższonym IGF-1 i wodogłowiem normotensyjnym

Z Janicka, M Kurpaska, K Piotrowicz, M Kubiak… - 2024 - repozytorium.wim.mil.pl
Wprowadzenie i cele: Wielochorobowość (cukrzyca typu 2, hiperlipidemia, nadciśnienie
tętnicze, otyłość, ograniczenie tolerancji wysiłku) stanowią powszechne wyzwanie podczas …