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Cutis Verticis Gyrata: Idiopathic development of excess folds and furrows within the skin of the head.
Associated
Cutis Verticis Gyrata ... furrows within the skin ... mental retardation, acromegaly ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #UCSDH
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... , hair growth, skin ... tags, skin thickening ... cutis verticis gyrata ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
Pathogenesis and clinical ... findings • Acromegaly ... share the same pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #endocrinology ... #pathophysiology
Feedback Loop: Growth Hormone (GH)
Growth Hormone:
 • Liver -> GHR activates JAK-STAT pathway -> Incr IGF1
- Giantism or acromegaly ... tunnel, OSA, Incr skin ... #FeedbackLoop #endocrinology ... #pathophysiology
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (21-OHD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Autosomal recessive mutation in CYP21A2 coding for the enzyme 21-OHase
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... cold & mottled skin ... #21HydroxylaseDeficiency #21OHD #pathophysiology ... #genetics #endocrinology