Hearing loss in acromegaly : a review

• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Liane Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Silva, Isabelle Braz de Oliveira, Sampaio, Andre Luiz Lopes, Oliveira, Carlos Augusto Pires de, Bahamad Júnior, Fayez
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UnB
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/33633; http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1603619
• topic: Surdez; Acromegalia

Introduction Acromegaly is a chronic disease caused by growth hormone (GH) excess due to a GH-secreting pituitary adenoma in most cases. There is reasonable data to presume the possible influence of chronic GH and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) hyperproduction on the anatomical structures involved in normal sound perception, and on its conductive and/or sensorineural part. Objectives To review the literature about acromegaly and hearing loss. Data Synthesis A systematic literature search was performed using the MEDLINE database, including hand-searching reference lists from original articles. The search was performed using the terms hearing loss and acromegaly, and only 5 studies were found. Conclusion The results are not consistent, but led to different conclusions. Therefore, more studies with greater numbers of patients with acromegaly are needed.