Alteration of the collagen type III/type I ratio and intracranial saccular aneurysms in GH-secreting hypophyseal adenomas
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in The Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences
- Vol. 9 (4) , 365-368
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02334000
Abstract
In reporting a case of GH-secreting hypophyseal adenoma associated with a carotid-ophthalmic aneurysm we discuss the possible relevance of an alteration of the type III to type I ratio in arterial wall collagen to the formation of intracranial aneurysms, known to be multifactorial in mechanism. The increased turnover of collagen and the type III collagen deficiency in the vessel wall present in acromegaly suggest that this secondary connective tissue change may have a role in the formation of intracranial aneurysms in patients with GH-secreting hypophyseal adenoma. Nel riportare un caso di adenoma dell'ipofisi ipersecernente ormone della crescita, associato a un aneurisma della carotide e dell'oftalmica, noi discutiamo la possibile importanza del rapporto tipo III-tipo I, nel collageno della parete arteriosa, agli effetti del formarsi degli aneurismi intracranici di cui conosciamo la genesi multifattoriale. L'aumentato turnover del collageno tipo III nella parete arteriosa, sempre presente nell'acromegalia, fa pensare che questo tipo di variante connettivale può avere un ruolo nella formazione di aneurismi intracranici in pazienti portatori di adenomi ipofisari ipersecernenti l'ormone della crescita.Keywords
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