Journal of medical case reports
Successful 15-year management of a 97-year-old woman with acromegaly: a case report and review of the literature.
Youhei Takeuchi, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Tomohisa Ishida, Yoshikazu Ogawa, Hidenori Endo
Published: 202610.1186/s13256-025-05782-2
Abstract
BACKGROUND: With an increasingly aging population, the prevalence of acromegaly in the elderly is rising. The treatment goal is defined in the guidelines as "IGF-I normalized for age;" however, in the super-elderly, where physiological interindividua…
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