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Hypertensive Urgency and Pulmonary Infiltrates: A Report of Three Cases

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Hypertensive urgency is commonly attributed to medication nonadherence, progression of essential hypertension, or secondary causes. However, in some patients, no clear precipitating factor is identified, despite repeated evaluations and the absence of target organ damage. Subclinical inflammatory conditions have been hypothesized as potential,
Mónica Contreras‐Moreira
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Healthcare utilization and costs among patients with acromegaly in the United States

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Aim: Recent evidence regarding the healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and associated costs of acromegaly is limited. Materials & methods: This retrospective, cross-sectional administrative claims analysis (IQVIA Pharmetrics Plus) identified ...
Tiffany P Quock, Eunice Chang, Ashis K Das, Amanda Speller, Marian H Tarbox, Melinda L Rossi, Stacy K Rattana, Ingrid E Paulson, Michael S Broder   +8 more
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Pycnodysostosis With Papilledema and Isolated Low Parathyroid Hormone Levels in an Eight‐Year‐Old Girl: A Genetically Confirmed Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Pycnodysostosis is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia resulting from pathogenic variants in the CTSK gene, which encodes cathepsin K, a lysosomal cysteine protease expressed in osteoclasts. Deficiency of this enzyme leads to defective bone resorption and generalized osteosclerosis.
Meghana Krishna Kesineni, Naveen Jagadish Kandregula, Sameer Kumar Majety, Yulia Alekseevna Pimenova, Bhargav Kadali, Vineeth Potluri, Prudhvi Lekkala   +6 more
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Clinical and economic burden among older adults with acromegaly in the United States

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Aim: To compare healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and costs between older adults with and without acromegaly. Materials & methods: Using 2017–2022 100% Medicare Research Identifiable Files, we identified beneficiaries (≥65 years) with prevalent ...
Tiffany P Quock, Eunice Chang, Ashis K Das, Amanda Speller, Marian H Tarbox, Stacy K Rattana, Ingrid E Paulson, Michael S Broder   +7 more
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Assessment of Serum B-Arestin Level in Acromegaly Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Diyala Journal of Medicine
Background: Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disorder, with an annual incidence of 4 cases per million and a prevalence of 40 cases per million. The condition results from a pituitary adenoma that secretes growth hormone.
Hiba Ghassan Rajab, Shatha Mj Al-Khateeb, Abbas M. Rahmah   +2 more
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How Effective Is Vitamin C for Gingival Depigmentation? A Scoping Review

Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, Volume 12, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives Excessive gingival pigmentation can be treated by surgically removing the pigmented gingival tissue with a scalpel, bur, LASER, electrocautery, cryotherapy, chemical peeling, or masking with free gingival grafts. Recently, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), in gel, powder, or liquid has been used alone or as an adjunct to micro‐needling or ...
Shubhankar Mehrotra, Malvika Shyamkumar, Shravya Marcherla, Aditi Chopra, Marwa Madi   +4 more
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Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism and their relationship with the prevalence of cancer in patients with acromegaly – authors’ own observations [PDF]

, 2016
Background . Acromegaly is a rare chronic disease with an excessive secretion of growth hormone, which leads to characteristic changes in appearance, organ and metabolic complications and neoplasms, which are a significant cause of shortened survival ...
Maria Kurowska, Anna Oszywa-Chabros, Oszywa-Chabros, Anna, Malicka, Joanna, Marta Dudzińska, Agata Smoleń, Jerzy S. Tarach, Dudzińska, Marta, Tarach, Jerzy, Joanna Elżbieta Malicka, Kurowska, Maria, Smoleń, Agata   +11 more
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Aneurysmal dilation of sinus of Valsalva in a patient with undiagnosed acromegaly

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message In patients presenting with aortic ectasia and myxomatous valve diseases at young ages, possible underlying acromegaly should be in mind. Abstract Acromegaly is a chronic systemic disease mainly caused by the benign pituitary adenoma
Hoda Gharoy, Sepideh Taghavi, Zahra Ghaemmaghami, Parham Rabiei, Azadeh Afzalnia   +4 more
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A UK single‐center pilot experience using a novel robotic inchworm colonoscopy system

DEN Open, Volume 6, Issue 1, April 2026.
Abstract Introduction Colonoscopy is the gold standard investigation in the lower gastrointestinal tract. However, 75% of patients can experience pain with moderate sedation. The application of robotic technology aims to overcome difficulties faced including better utilization of rooms for advanced procedures and to achieve a complete colonoscopy in ...
Jabed F. Ahmed, Sergio Coda, Purushothaman Premchand, Saswata Banerjee, Nisha Patel   +4 more
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Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with acromegaly and normal or increased prolactin levels

Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny
Background: Prevalence of hyperprolactinemia in patients with acromegaly is 30 to 40%. Since recently, the necessity of screening for acromegaly in hyperprolactinemic patients with pituitary adenoma has been actively debated. The literature on this issue
Yuliya A. Kukushkina, Irena A. Ilovayskaya   +1 more
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