An Unusual Early Oral Presentation of Acromegaly: A Case Report
- Author:
Ayat Gamal-AbdelNaser
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: Early detection; Exostosis; Growth hormone; Oral diagnosis; Pituitary gland
- MeSH: Acromegaly--diagnosis
- From:Archives of Orofacial Sciences 2021;16(2):253-258
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
- Abstract: ABSTRACT:Acromegaly is a devastating chronic slowly progressive disease. Its early diagnosis is a challenging issue that necessitates clinical suspicion of signs and symptoms as a first step. This report introduces an unusual early sign in the oral cavity that lead to the early diagnosis of an acromegaly case. A case of a healthy 40-year-old male patient presented with progressively growing multiple hard swellings in the upper and lower jaws. Clinical examination revealed bony hard multiple small spiky exostosis-like swellings, located at the maxillary and mandibular alveolar bones. An array of investigations revealed a 2-mm diameter pituitary tumour in MRI of sella. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first report of spiky exostosis-like growths in the alveolar bone as an early sign of acromegaly. In this case, thorough examination of oral signs and symptoms was the first step for early diagnosis and hence, better prognosis for acromegaly.
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