Ultrasonographic measurement of femoral cartilage thickness in acromegalic patients

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dc.contributor.authorKarkucak, Murat
dc.contributor.authorBatmaz, Ibrahim
dc.contributor.authorCivan, Nadim
dc.contributor.authorKilinc, Fatih
dc.contributor.authorCapkin, Erhan
dc.contributor.authorSariyildiz, Mustafa Akif
dc.contributor.authorGaripoglu, Melek Aslan
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T16:02:00Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T16:02:00Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractJoint involvement is one of the most frequent clinical complications of acromegaly. The aim of this study was to evaluate the femoral cartilage thicknesses of acromegalic patients using ultrasound (US). Sixty-two patients diagnosed with acromegaly (30 F, 32 M) were included. Patients' demographic and clinical characteristics were recorded. The thickness of the femoral articular cartilage was measured using a 6- to 18-MHz linear probe. Measurements were performed bilaterally from three points (medial condyle, intercondylar area, and lateral condyle). Of the patients, 14 (22.5 %) reported pain in the knee joints. A significantly higher femoral articular cartilage thickness was determined in the patients compared with the controls (all parameters, p < 0.001). US measurements results from all points were consistent, but these values were not correlated with levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). Analysis of acromegaly patients as active (n = 37) or inactive (n = 25) revealed no significance with respect to femoral cartilage thickness. Acromegalic patients seem to have thicker femoral articular cartilages irrespective of disease activity state.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10067-014-2543-0
dc.identifier.endpage161en_US
dc.identifier.issn0770-3198
dc.identifier.issn1434-9949
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid24573739
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84930340216
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage157en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-014-2543-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/14561
dc.identifier.volume34en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000347160600020
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer London Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofClinical Rheumatology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectAcromegalyen_US
dc.subjectFemoral Cartilage Thicknessen_US
dc.subjectUltrasounden_US
dc.titleUltrasonographic measurement of femoral cartilage thickness in acromegalic patientsen_US
dc.titleUltrasonographic measurement of femoral cartilage thickness in acromegalic patients
dc.typeArticleen_US

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