Published in:
01-07-2018 | Editorial
Screening of acromegaly in adults with obstructive sleep apnea: is it worthwhile?
Authors:
Pierre Attal, Philippe Chanson
Published in:
Endocrine
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Issue 1/2018
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Excerpt
The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is very high in the general population (i.e., between the ages of 50 and 70 years, it is around 61 and 37%, in men and women, respectively). It is dependent essentially on age, sex and body mass index [
1]. There has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of OSA over the last decades, mostly attributed to an epidemic of obesity [
1,
2]. Conversely, the prevalence of acromegaly is very low, ranging from 2.8 to 13.7 cases per 100,000 [
3]. This comparative rarity is probably one of the reasons why its diagnosis is challenging and often made only after a delay of many years [
3], and due to the very gradual and progressive installation of the dysmorphic syndrome which is characteristic of the disease [
4]. …
