Yamazaki Masanori, Sato Ai, Nishio Shin-ichi, Takeda Teiji, Miyamoto Takahide, Katai Miyuki, Hashizume Kiyoshi
Department of Aging Medicine and Geriatrics, Division of Medicine, Institute on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University Graduate School, Matsumoto.
Intern Med. 2009;48(6):447-53. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1157. Epub 2009 Mar 16.
A 33-year-old woman was hospitalized for examination of edematous laryngopharynx. She was acromegalic. A pituitary adenoma with elevated serum levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) was detected, indicating acromegaly caused by GH-secreting pituitary adenoma. Multiple pigmented nevi were also noted without overt short stature and cubitus valgus. Chromosome analysis revealed that she had contracted Turner syndrome with 47,XXX/45,X/46,XX mosaicism. Transsphenoidal resection of the tumor decreased serum GH and IGF-I levels, but the edema was not improved. Both premature ovarian failure and hypertension appeared after surgery. This case may indicate the important relationships between GH/IGF-I and Turner syndrome.