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A rare case of acromegaly associated with pachydermoperiostosis

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Pachydermoperiostosis (PDP) is a rare syndrome manifested clinically by finger clubbing, extremity enlargement, hypertrophic skin changes, and periosteal bone formation. The pathogenesis of the disorder has not been clarified and few endocrine abnormalities were apparent. We report here a 58-year-old man with acromegaly associated with PDP, the features of clubbed fingers, coarse skin, and cutis verticis gyrata. Acromegaly due to GH-producing pituitary adenoma was confirmed in endocrinological and pathological studies.

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  1. Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan

    C. Shimizu M.D, H. Kijima, R. Uematsu & T. Koike

  2. Health Administration Center, Sapporo, Japan

    M. Kubo

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Japan

    Y. Sawamura

  4. Department of Pathology I, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Japan

    A. Ishizu

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Shimizu, C., Kubo, M., Kijima, H. et al. A rare case of acromegaly associated with pachydermoperiostosis. J Endocrinol Invest 22, 386–389 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03343577

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