Belmehdi Akram, Chbicheb Saliha
Oral Surgeon, Dental Center of Treatment and Diagnosis, Ibn Sina Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Oral surgery department, Faculty of Dentistry of Rabat, Mohammed V University, Morocco.
Pan Afr Med J. 2019 Oct 16;34:96. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.96.19873. eCollection 2019.
Acromegaly is a rare disease caused due to hyper secretion of growth hormone. Most of the cases of acromegaly are caused by pituitary adenoma which can be microadenoma or macroadenomas. This condition has a tendency toward overgrowth of the mandible, maxillary widening, tooth separation and skeletal malocclusion which compromises the aesthetics of an individual. Hence dentists have a role in diagnosing this disorder. The aim of this paper is to present a case report of acromegaly.
肢端肥大症是一种由于生长激素分泌过多引起的罕见疾病。大多数肢端肥大症病例是由垂体腺瘤引起的,垂体腺瘤可以是微腺瘤或大腺瘤。这种情况会导致下颌过度生长、上颌变宽、牙齿分离和骨骼错颌畸形,从而影响个人美观。因此,牙医在诊断这种疾病中发挥着作用。本文旨在介绍一例肢端肥大症的病例报告。