Insulin-mediated “pseudoacromegaly”

Amir H. Sam, Tricia Tan, Karim Meeran

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Patients with acromegaly have characteristic clinical features caused by soft tissue overgrowth. The most common cause of acromegaly is a growth hormone-secreting adenoma of the anterior pituitary. Both somatic and metabolic features of acromegaly are due to excess growth hormone (GH) secretion and high serum concentrations …