Acromegaly with negative immunostaining for growth hormone on the contrary to silent somatotroph tumor

Silent somatotropinomas are not rare. On the contrary to that, the absence of GH immunostaining in acromegaly has not been well defined. So, we would like to to draw the clinician’s attention to such an entity through a case of acromegaly with negative GH staining.

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Published in	International Surgery Journal Vol. 4; no. 4; p. 1506
Main Authors	Ozisik, Hatice, Yurekli, Banu Sarer, Kutbay, Nilufer Ozdemir, Altun, Ilker, Ertan, Yesim, Saygılı, Fusun
Format	Journal Article
Language	English
Published	25.03.2017
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Summary:	Silent somatotropinomas are not rare. On the contrary to that, the absence of GH immunostaining in acromegaly has not been well defined. So, we would like to to draw the clinician’s attention to such an entity through a case of acromegaly with negative GH staining.
ISSN:	2349-3305 2349-2902
DOI:	10.18203/2349-2902.isj20171174