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Features at diagnosis of 324 patients with acromegaly did not change from 1981 to 2006: acromegaly remains under-recognized and under-diagnosed.

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BACKGROUND:Traditionally, acromegaly evaded diagnosis until in its clinically obvious later stages when treatment is more difficult. Over the last 25 years diagnostic tests have improved, but whether clinical disease detection also improved was unknown, so we tested if disease severity at diagnosis had changed from 1981 to 2006. METHODS:Data on 324 consecutive acromegaly patients presenting from 1981 to 2006 at two New York City hospitals were collected by retrospective review (n = 324) and by interview (n = 200). The main complaint, acromegaly associated comorbidities, signs, symptoms, healthcare providers visited, preoperative GH and IGF-I levels and pituitary tumour size at diagnosis were compared in patients presenting in the earlier vs. later halves of the time period. RESULTS:Times from symptom onset to diagnosis were 5.9 year (early) vs. 5.2 year (late; P = NS). At diagnosis, 96% of early and late groups had facial feature changes and/or hand/foot enlargement. Comorbidities included hypertension 37% (early) vs. 36% (late), carpal tunnel syndrome (24%vs. 24%), sleep apnoea (13%vs. 29%; P < 0.01), osteoarthritis (25%vs. 23%) and diabetes mellitus (18%vs. 15%); each patient had 1.2 (early) vs. 1.3 (late; P = 0.53) comorbidities. Groups were similar in signs, symptoms, tumour size, GH and IGF-I. CONCLUSIONS:Clinical, biochemical and tumour size characteristics at diagnosis of acromegaly patients were unchanged from 1981 to 2006. Most patients still have marked manifestations of acromegaly at diagnosis, suggesting that acromegaly remains clinically under-recognized. Healthcare professionals should more commonly consider acromegaly, which can lead to earlier diagnosis and better treatment outcome.

journal_name

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)

journal_title

Clinical endocrinology

authors

Reid TJ,Post KD,Bruce JN,Nabi Kanibir M,Reyes-Vidal CM,Freda PU

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03626.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-02-01 00:00:00

pages

203-8

issue

eissn

0300-0664

issn

1365-2265

pii

CEN3626

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Features at diagnosis of 324 patients with acromegaly did not change from 1981 to 2006: acromegaly remains under-recognized and under-diagnosed.