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A 50-year-old female presents to your office complaining ofheadaches, pain in her joints, and enlarged shoe, glove, and hatsize. Physical examination is significant for a predominant jaw,increased soft-tissue in the palm and soul and a large tongue.

Laboratory workup is significant for hyperglycemia.

1. What lab tests would be ordered for this condition?

2. What treatments would be recommended for this patient?

3. If the patient would go untreated what would be thecomplications from this disorder or this condition?

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The patient might be having acromegaly It is a condition that occurs due to excess production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland secondary to pituitary tumour 1 The lab tests to confirm this    See Answer
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