It may also reduce someone's life expectancy by around 10 years. Acromegaly is often confused with gigantism, another rare condition that causes excessive growth as a result of high levels of ...

A new study demonstrates that a benign growth on the pituitary gland causing a growth disorder called acromegaly, which in some cases may lead to gigantism, are often inherited in Northern Ireland. A ...

If the excess growth hormone secretion occurs before the fusion of the epiphyseal growth plates in a child or adolescent, acromegaly is called gigantism, and tall stature is a prominent feature. The ...

Reports of familial pituitary adenomas date back to more than a century ago, though information is sparse. The term acromegaly was first used by Pierre Marie in 1886 but patients with acromegaly have ...

Acromegaly (Greek-enlargements of the extremities ... hormone by the pituitary gland after puberty, often referred as gigantism.