Acromegaly

A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excessive HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in adults. It is characterized by bony enlargement of the FACE; lower jaw (PROGNATHISM); hands; FEET; HEAD; and THORAX. The most common etiology is a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp79-80)

Also Known As:

Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly); Hypersecretion Syndrome, Somatotropin (Acromegaly); Hypersecretion Syndromes, Somatotropin (Acromegaly); Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndromes (Acromegaly); Syndrome, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly); Syndromes, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly); Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly); Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)

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Musculoskeletal Diseases: 87

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Bone Diseases: 2533

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Endocrine Bone Diseases: 3

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Acromegaly: 2971

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Nervous System Diseases: 3643

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Central Nervous System Diseases: 1005

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Brain Diseases: 1203

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Hypothalamic Diseases: 26

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Pituitary Diseases: 334

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Hyperpituitarism: 13

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Acromegaly: 2971

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Endocrine System Diseases: 398

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Pituitary Diseases: 334

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Hyperpituitarism: 13

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Acromegaly: 2971

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