Acromegaly

Lewis S. Blevins Jr., MD, Department of Neurological Surgery, California Center for Pituitary Disorders and Brain Tumor Center, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Manish Aghi, MD, PhD, Department of Neurological Surgery, California Center for Pituitary Disorders and Brain Tumor Center, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

The Molecular Biology and Pathology of Acromegaly.- Growth Hormone-releasing Hormone Secreting Neuroendocrine Tumors.- Diagnosis of Acromegaly.- Imaging in Acromegaly.- The Clinical Presentation of Acromegaly.- Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Acromegaly.- Cardiovascular Pathology in Acromegaly.- Diabetes and Acromegaly.- Musculoskeletal Disorders of Acromegaly.- Acromegaly and Cancer.- Mortality in Acromegaly.- An Overview to the Approach to the Management of Acromegaly.- Transsphenoidal Surgery for Acromegaly.- Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiation Therapy for Acromegaly.- Challenging Questions in the Management of Acromegaly in the Young.- Somatostatin Analogues in the Management of patients with Acromegaly.- Use of Dopamine Agonists for Acromegaly.- Pegvisomant: Lessons Learned After 20 Years and Practical Recommendations of its use for the Treatment of Acromegaly.- Perspectives on Combination Medical Therapy in the Treatment of Acromegaly.- Long-term Follow-up of Patients with Acromegaly.- A Patient's Perspective on Acromegaly.