An Overview of the Musculoskeletal Comorbidity of Acromegaly: A Case with Non-traumatic Spontaneous Rectus Femoris Rupture

• DOI: 10.4274/tod.galenos.2020.55476
• Publication Date: 2021-04-09T07:41:54Z
• Authors: Nurdan Yılmaz; Pelin Gümüş Ok
• Keywords: Other systems of medicine; growth hormone; R; acromegaly; Medicine; muscle rupture; RZ201-999; 3. Good health

Acromegaly is a chronic endocrinopathy with pathologically increased levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 due to a pituitary adenoma that produces GH. One of the partially irreversible complications of acromegaly is arthropathy associated with severe morbidity in these patients. Joint complaints, such as pain, stiffness, or functional limitations, often occur with typical radiological abnormalities at an early age. We present a case of a 24-year-old acromegalic male patient with non-traumatic spontaneous right rectus femoris muscle rupture and an accompanying intramuscular haematoma.