scholarly journals Acromegaly incidentally diagnosed at term in a pregnant woman presenting with ventricular premature complexes

Author(s):  
Aiswarya K. Nair ◽  
Haritha Sagili ◽  
Jayalakshmi Dorairaj ◽  
T. Parvathi

Pituitary adenomas lead to increased growth hormone production and acromegaly. Pregnancy in acromegaly is rare as spontaneous conception is affected. We presented a case of 31 year old lady conceived by ovulation induction and presented at term gestation with ventricular premature complexes and was subsequently diagnosed with pituitary micro adenoma causing acromegaly. There has been no reported case of pregnancy with acromegaly presenting with premature ventricular complexes. Moreover, diagnosis of acromegaly in pregnancy is difficult and limited literature is available on its effects as well as management.

Skull Base ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Shin ◽  
Matthew Tormenti ◽  
Sue Challinor ◽  
Tian Wang ◽  
Juan Fernandez-Miranda ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulduz Urmanova ◽  
Ashley Grossman ◽  
Zamira Khalimova ◽  
Michael Powell ◽  
Marta Korbonits ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 101378
Author(s):  
Isadora Yasbick Spricido ◽  
Carolina Monteguti Feckinghaus ◽  
Rômulo Henrique Malaquias Silva ◽  
Cleo Otaviano Mesa Junior ◽  
Cesar Luiz Boguszewski

1997 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 425-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. H. Flanagan ◽  
M. C. Taylor ◽  
V. Parfitt ◽  
R. Mardell ◽  
P. J. Wood ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiaki Sano ◽  
Shozo Yamada ◽  
Takashi Hi rose ◽  
Kazuo Hizawa

Author(s):  
Samaniego Haro VJ ◽  

Syphilis is a disease that has not been eradicated in part due to inadequate management of antibiotic therapy which is selected according to the stage of the disease and to the misuse of the type of penicillin. Treatment of this disease should be done to prevent it´s chronic complications, to avoid infecting sexual partners and the fetus in a pregnant woman. Syphilis in pregnancy causes increase in the rate of recurrent abortions and neonatal morbidity and mortality, that´s the main reason why early detection and treatment without delay is extremely important. Pregnancy alters immunity, so the serological diagnosis can provide false positives, with the use of inverse algorithms these results may decrease, by increasing the sensitivity of the tests. Today, after 69 years since the advent of penicillin, it has become the drug of choice for any stage of syphilis and in pregnant women; if the patient has allergy, desensitization is indicated either orally or intravenously and other antibiotic shouldn´t be used because of the security offered by penicillin in the cure rate and in the reduction of congenital syphilis. Keywords: Syphilis; Pregnancy; Inverse algorithms.


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