A unique case: the Italian has a brain-shaped head

The medical history of the individual had four years of excessive sweating, constant headaches and also in the joints. In addition, it is his wife who indicated that for some time he had noticed the increase of folds in his scalp, according to the study of the University of Padova Universities published in The New England Journal of Medicine. .

According to the case study, the man also had the feet and hands widened and the lower jaw too far apart.

After a series of tests and physical examinations, doctors found that insulin – like growth factor – 1 hormone – which, along with growth hormone, contributes to the normal growth and development of bones and tissues – was present at high levels in the body of the patient, which caused acromegaly, a disease characterized by an increase in the size of the hands, feet , jaw and nose.

The magnetic resonance that they made of the patient's head revealed, moreover, a pituitary adenoma (a benign, slow-growing tumor that starts in the cells that make up the pituitary gland) and measured 27 out of 22 on 25 millimeters.

The man underwent a transsphenoidal resection (type of operation consisting of inserting instruments through the nose to remove tumors located in or near the pituitary gland) in order to treat the adenoma. As a result, he was treated with an badogue of somatostatin, a hormone that inhibits the release of growth hormone. Finally, he received injections of soft tissue fillers to lessen the effects of the scalp, although they had only a partial effect.