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)

Musculoskeletal Diseases: 719
- Bone Diseases: 5863
  - Endocrine Bone Diseases: 3
    - Acromegaly: 5264
Nervous System Diseases: 14178
- Central Nervous System Diseases: 4213
  - Brain Diseases: 15694
    - Hypothalamic Diseases: 40
      - Pituitary Diseases: 562
        Hyperpituitarism: 15
        Acromegaly: 5264
Endocrine System Diseases: 968
- Pituitary Diseases: 562
  - Hyperpituitarism: 15
    - Acromegaly: 5264

K L Pratt Selected Research

K L Pratt Research Topics

Disease

Drug/Important Bio-Agent (IBA)