KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 28 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 49-year-old patient was found to have a disproportionate enlargement of hands, feet, nose, ears, superciliary arches and cheek bones. Blood test revealed hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance. What is the most likely cause of this pathology development?
- A. Hypersecretion of growth hormone
- B. Posterior pituitary hormone hypersecretion
- C. Vasopressin hyposecretion
- D. Insulin hyposecretion
- E. Glucocorticoid hypersecretion
Hint
Consider which anterior pituitary hormone, in excess after growth plates have closed, enlarges acral parts and facial bones and antagonises insulin.
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