ACROMEGALY CASE REPORT WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGS

Abstract

A CROMEGALY is not of common occurrence according to Putnam and Davidoff (i). These authors state that “The diagnosis has been made only 14 times among the 210,094 cases admitted to the Boston City Hospital in six years from 1930 to 1935 inclusive. Males and females are about equally affected. It may occur in the black and yellow races as well as the white” I had the opportunity of observing the patient here reported develop the disease and to follow its course until death. CASE REPORT History. S. Z., a Russian Jew, aged 28, married, entered Harper Hospital July 21, 1919, complaining of pain and swelling of the right testicle. This began 5 days previously while working at his occupation of body2maker in an automobile factory, and came on immediately after using the apparatus for lifting the body onto the assembly line. He had been treated 21 months previously for a gonorrheal urethritis of 4 months2 duration.