Recurrent Kidney Stone Episodes Leading to a Diagnosis of Occult Acromegaly

The association between nephrolithiasis and acromegaly has been previously described. Although the mechanism has been established, the urological literature sparsely discusses clinically suspecting that patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis could have acromegaly and subsequently referring them for accurate diagnosis and treatment. We present a case of occult acromegaly secondary to a pituitary tumor discovered 20 years after the patient's first stone episode.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Urology Case Reports

• Publication date

  2017-06-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.eucr.2017.05.004PMID 28607877PMCID 5458646
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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