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<journal-id>1727-897X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MediSur]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Medisur]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1727-897X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos, Centro Provincial de Ciencias Médicas, Provincia de Cienfuegos.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1727-897X2021000601015</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Acromegalia. A propósito de un caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Acromegaly. About a case]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rivas Alpízar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elodia M.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cuéllar Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Consuelo C.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zerquera Trujillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gisela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cienfuegos ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>19</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>1015</fpage>
<lpage>1020</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1727-897X2021000601015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1727-897X2021000601015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1727-897X2021000601015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La acromegalia es un síndrome clínico producido por la secreción excesiva de hormona del crecimiento que afecta a prácticamente todos los órganos y tejidos. Tiene una baja incidencia (30 a 60 casos por millón de habitantes) y se requiere tener un alto nivel de sospecha por lo que su diagnóstico continúa siendo tardío a pesar de que físicamente los pacientes inician los signos y síntomas entre cinco y diez años previos al diagnóstico. Se presenta el caso de una paciente femenina, de 57 años, atendida en el Servicio de Endocrinología del Hospital Gustavo Aldereguia Lima de Cienfuegos con manifestaciones clínicas de crecimiento acral, hipertensión y diabetes mellitus. Se le realizó prueba de tolerancia oral a la glucosa midiendo hormona de crecimiento que confirmó el exceso hormonal, resonancia magnética contrastada con gadolinio que informó macroadenoma hipofisario. Se diagnosticó como acromegalia por un tumor hipofisario productor de hormona de crecimiento. Es indiscutible la importancia del diagnóstico precoz, dado que su asociación a comorbilidades como la hipertensión y la diabetes es muy importante, lo que resulta en una disminución de la esperanza y la calidad de vida. Estas razones motivaron la presentación del caso.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Acromegaly is a clinical syndrome caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone that affects virtually all organs and tissues. It has a low incidence (30 to 60 cases per million inhabitants) and a high level of suspicion is required, which is why its diagnosis continues to be late despite the fact that patients physically initiate signs and symptoms between five and ten years prior to the diagnosis. A 57-years-old female patient treated at the Endocrinology Service of the Gustavo Aldereguia Lima Hospital in Cienfuegos with clinical manifestations of acral growth, hypertension and diabetes mellitus it is presented. She underwent an oral glucose tolerance test measuring growth hormone that confirmed hormonal excess, magnetic resonance imaging contrasted with gadolinium that reported pituitary macroadenoma. She was diagnosed as acromegaly from a growth hormone-producing pituitary tumor. The importance of early diagnosis is undoubted, since its association with comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes is very important, which results in a decrease in hope and quality of life.]]></p></abstract>
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