What's the difference between acromegaly and extremities?

Acromegaly


Definition:

  • (n.) Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The changes in cell mass, body fat and extracellular water observed in acromegaly suggest different dose-response relationships between GH and these parameters.
  • (2) Biochemical evaluation demonstrated characteristic changes typical of acromegaly, and an unusual pattern of delayed somatotropin response to hGHRH40, not previously described in this syndrome.
  • (3) We have attempted to investigate a relationship between the paradoxical GH secretion with the abnormal glucose tolerance test present in some cases of acromegaly.
  • (4) Body composition determination by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) has been compared with measurement of total body water (TBW) by tritiated water dilution and estimation of body fat (BF) by measurement of TBW and total body potassium (TBK) in a four-compartment model, in patients with acromegaly.
  • (5) Thus, lack of response to exogenous GHRH in untreated acromegaly may indicate the presence of an ectopic GHRH producing tumor.
  • (6) Immunoreactive digoxin-like substance was determined in 52 subjects: 17 healthy ones, 15 patients with essential hypertension, 10 cases of chronic renal failure and 10 patients with acromegaly.
  • (7) In this situation, insulin binding at low hormone concentrations was further reduced to one-half of that in the control group, and the sensitivity of insulin-induced antilipolysis was markedly decreased in acromegaly.
  • (8) Ectopic GHRH is a relatively uncommon cause of acromegaly, which should be differentiated from pituitary adenoma, in order to avoid damage to the pituitary gland from unnecessary interventions.
  • (9) At the pituitary level, it has been shown that the number of binding sites was negatively correlated to growth hormone levels in acromegaly.
  • (10) We measured 695 sera obtained in short stature children (GH deficiency or normal GH secretory) and adults (normal, hypopituitarism or acromegaly).
  • (11) Acromegaly is caused by GH-secreting pituitary adenomas and, in rare cases, by ectopic production of GRH with resultant hypersecretion of GH.
  • (12) We conjecture that postmenopausal and involutional osteoporosis were far advanced before the development of acromegaly, explaining the coexistence of the two conditions.
  • (13) In conclusion, SMS is a useful clinical tool for treatment of acromegaly, and a multiple sc injection method seems to be preferable.
  • (14) A patient with acromegaly was shown to have obstructive sleep apnoea by polygraphic recordings.
  • (15) A young woman presented with acromegaly and amenorrhea-galactorrhea with hypersomatotropinemia and hyperprolactinemia.
  • (16) The authors report 3 cases of acromegaly diagnosed while the patients were in hospital for cardiovascular disease: arterial hypertension in two and hypertrophic myocardiopathy in all three.
  • (17) Serum-prolactin concentrations were measured in 111 patients who had radiological abnormalities of the pituitary but no evidence of acromegaly, Cushing's syndrome, or Nelson's syndrome.
  • (18) There was no difference in diastolic function between patients with active acromegaly and those with treated acromegaly.
  • (19) The increased risk of colon cancer in acromegaly is consistent with previous clinical reports and suggests opportunities for etiologic research and early cancer detection.
  • (20) We have observed an apparent hypoglobulinemia in 17 of 35 patients (48.6%) with acromegaly.

Extremities


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Extremity

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
  • (2) But Lee is mostly just extremely fed up at the exclusion of sex workers’ voices from much of the conversation.
  • (3) The extreme quenching of the dioxetane chemiluminescence by both microsomes and phosphatidylcholine, as a model phospholipid, implies that despite the low quantum yield (approx.
  • (4) The results show that endolymph is extremely inhomogenous with respect to calcium potentials.
  • (5) Even so, amputation of fifteen extremities and four other major excisions were required in twelve patients.
  • (6) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (7) He had been extremely frustrated that indicators of economic recovery over the past few days had been drowned out by the clamour over the Labour leadership.
  • (8) Poor lipophilicity and extremely low plasma concentrations impose severe constraints.
  • (9) This suggests that molars do not maintain a fixed relationship to incisors over time, and extreme care must be taken to standardize an experiment to a specific body weight when using this method.
  • (10) Eighty-four paraplegic patients whose injury level was T2 or below and who were at least one year from spinal cord injury were screened for upper extremity complaints.
  • (11) A retrospective review was undertaken of 127 lower extremity fasciotomies performed for compartment syndrome after acute ischemia and revascularization in 73 patients with vascular trauma and 49 patients with arterial occlusive disease.
  • (12) TNBS reacts to an extremely small extend with hemoglobin over the concentration range 0.4 to 4 mM whereas FDNB reacts with hemoglobin to a very large extent (50 fold more than TNBS).
  • (13) While the reduced form of the "derived" polyphenolic compounds, generated during tissue homogenization, appeared to enhance dye binding with bovine serum albumin, their influence on the protein assay directly in crude homogenates was extremely diverse.
  • (14) Although statistical analysis did not show dramatic changes in all these parameters, some individual extreme values were substantially altered.
  • (15) Survival and healing of "extremely severe" grade intoxication can only be obtained through a surgical intervention within the first hours; a laparotomy will indicate the depth of the lesions, which is not determined by endoscopy, and will consist of Celerier's stripping method and if necessary a gastrectomy, more seldom a cephalic duodeno-pancreatectomy.
  • (16) In the absence of haemodialysis, the decline in plasma concentrations of lisinopril and enalaprilat was extremely slow and plasma concentrations were generally high.
  • (17) The authors recently observed 2 elderly female patients with ischemic pain of the upper extremity as the first manifestation of giant cell arteritis.
  • (18) In the process, the DfE's definition of extremism has shifted from actual bomb-throwers to religious conservatives.
  • (19) Accordingly, LPA proved an extremely stable characteristic which did not show any substantial variations in the course of five years.
  • (20) Formation of the functional contour plaster bandage within the limits of the foot along the border of the fissure of the ankle joint with preservation of the contours of the ankles 4-8 weeks after the treatment was started in accordance with the severity of the fractures of the ankles in 95 patients both without (6) and with (89) dislocation of the bone fragments allowed to achieve the bone consolidation of the ankle fragments with recovery of the supportive ability of the extremity in 85 (89.5%) of the patients, after 6-8 weeks (7.2%) in the patients without displacement and after 10-13 weeks (11.3%) with displacement of the bone fragments of the ankles.

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