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Acromegaly associated with gangliocytoma.
BACKGROUND Acromegaly secondary to growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) excess is rare. AIMS/CASE DESCRIPTION We report two patients with acromegaly who were diagnosed with sellar gangliocytomas that were immunopositive for GHRH. Tumour tissue persisted after debulking surgery and in the second case this was associated with persistent growth hormone hypersecretion, successfully suppressed ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.24.257