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: 751
- Bone Diseases: 5970
  - Endocrine Bone Diseases: 3
    - Acromegaly: 5344
Nervous System Diseases: 14737
- Central Nervous System Diseases: 4371
  - Brain Diseases: 16141
    - Hypothalamic Diseases: 40
      - Pituitary Diseases: 568
        Hyperpituitarism: 15
        Acromegaly: 5344
Endocrine System Diseases: 996
- Pituitary Diseases: 568
  - Hyperpituitarism: 15
    - Acromegaly: 5344

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Drug/Important Bio-Agent (IBA)