Published March 1982
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Journal article
Acromegaly with sleep disturbances relieved by yttrium-90 pituitary implantation
- 1. Hammersmith Hospital, London (UK). Postgraduate Medical School
Description
A brief case history is presented of a patient, who, after yttrium-90 implantation, showed a complete clinical and hormonal remission of her acromegaly, maintaining normal pituitary function. The remarkable feature was the rapid disappearance of her attacks of somnolence within 96 hours of pituitary implantation, despite persistence of nocturnal snoring and well before any remodelling of soft tissues could have occurred. This response suggests that her daytime somnolence had a narcoleptic component. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- J. R. Soc. Med.
- Journal Volume
- 75
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- J. R. Soc. Med.
- Journal Page Range
- 209-210
- ISSN
- 0141-0768
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 13703179
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; RADIATION SOURCE IMPLANTS; SLEEP; YTTRIUM 90
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; HORMONES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; IMPLANTS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; YTTRIUM ISOTOPES