Diseases

Gigantism

The condition of accelerated and excessive GROWTH in children or adolescents who are exposed to excess HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE before the closure of EPIPHYSES. It is usually caused by somatotroph hyperplasia or a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. These patients are of abnormally tall stature, more than 3 standard deviations above normal mean height for age.

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The condition of accelerated and excessive GROWTH in children or adolescents who are exposed to excess HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE before the closure of EPIPHYSES. It is usually caused by somatotroph hyperplasia or a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. These patients are of abnormally tall stature, more than 3 standard deviations above normal mean height for age.

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2 entry terms
  • Pituitary Gigantism
  • Gigantism, Pituitary

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. C05w.116w.099.492w
  2. C05w.116w.132w.479w
  3. C19w.700w.355w.528w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gigantism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005877. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005877
  2. Gigantism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantism
  3. Gigantism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501829