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Endocrine System Diseases > Pituitary Diseases > Hyperpituitarism > Acromegaly
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Hypothalamic Diseases > Pituitary Diseases > Hyperpituitarism > Acromegaly
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Endocrine > Acromegaly
Endocrine System Diseases > Bone Diseases, Endocrine > Acromegaly

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Acromegaly  

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Definición

  • 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)

Concepto genérico

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Etiquetas alternativas

  • Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
  • Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
  • Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)

En otras lenguas

  • Acromégalie

    francés

  • Syndrome d'hypersécrétion d'hormone somatotrope (Acromégalie)
  • Syndrome de sécrétion inappropriée d'hormone de croissance (Acromégalie)
  • Syndrome de sécrétion inappropriée de GH (Acromégalie)

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