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Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis ... : • Classic Acromegaly ... , hair growth, skin ... tags, skin thickening ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome
Cutis Verticis Gyrata: Idiopathic development of excess folds and furrows within the skin of the head.
Associated
furrows within the skin ... mental retardation, acromegaly ... Verticis #Gyrata #Photo
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias (MEN syndromes) 

MEN I
• Hyperparathyroidism 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Possible ZE syndrome 
• Various
Neoplasias (MEN syndromes ... • Possible ZE syndrome ... Pituitary path • Acromegaly ... • Cushing syndrome
Acromegalic Hand: Markedly enlarged hand resulting from excess growth hormone. For reference
purposes, the comparison hand is
Acromegalic Hand ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Acromegaly #Acromegalic
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS)

A 5-year-old girl presents to the ED with a rash that started
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin ... Syndrome (SSSS) ... Staphylococcal #Scalded #Skin ... #Syndrome #SSSS ... #Clinical #Photo
Hirsutism - Differential Diagnosis
Defined as excessive dark, coarse, male-pattern hair growth
Hirsutism causes in premenopausal women:
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Rare: Cushing's Syndrome ... , Acromegaly, Androgen-secreting ... Ovary • Cushing's Syndrome ... , Acromegaly
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
clinical findings • Acromegaly ... plate fusion -> acromegaly ... rare causes of acromegaly ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) 
(aka Ritter disease)

#Staphylococcal #Scalded #Skin #Syndrome #SSSS #Diagnosis #Pediatrics #Dermatology #Ritter
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin ... Syndrome (SSSS) ... Staphylococcal #Scalded #Skin ... #Syndrome #SSSS
Dermatofibroma 
 - Skin-colored to brown papule or nodule 
 - Firm, indurated texture 
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Dermatofibroma - Skin-colored ... Benign #Clinical #Photo
Secondary causes of Hypertension
 • Medications, Drugs, Chemo: NSAIDS, Steroids, CNI, Alcohol, Cocaine, OCP, Licorice, MAOI,
Hyperparathyroidism, Acromegaly ... tumor, Chrouros syndrome ... , Geller syndrome ... , Gordon syndrome ... , Liddle syndrome