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  1. Acromegaly - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    When you have too much growth hormone, your bones increase in size. In childhood, this leads to increased height and is called gigantism. But in adulthood, a ...

  2. Acromegaly - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Acromegaly and gigantism. Mayo Clinic; 2019. Acromegaly. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health ...

  3. Pituitary tumors - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    This condition is called gigantism. Pituitary tumors that make luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone. Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle ...

  4. Dwarfism - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Very short stature of 4 feet 10 inches or less that results from a genetic or medical condition is considered dwarfism. Learn about causes and treatment.

  5. Understanding pituitary tumors - Mayo Clinic News Network

    In childhood, this leads to increased height and is called gigantism. But in adulthood, a change in height doesn't occur. Instead, the increase in bone size ...

  6. Celiac disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    In this digestive condition, gluten in food damages the small intestine, making it hard to absorb nutrients and causing a variety of symptoms.

  7. Marfan syndrome - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    This inherited disorder affects the skeleton and the eyes. It can also harm the large blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the ...

  8. Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Understanding pituitary tumors

    In childhood, this leads to increased height and is called gigantism. But in adulthood, a change in height doesn't occur. Instead, the increase in bone size ...

  9. Predicting biochemical remission after surgical management of GH-secreting adenomas - Mayo Clinic

    Growth hormone (GH) excess presenting as acromegaly in adults and gigantism in pediatric patients most often occurs as result of pituitary adenoma. GH ...

  10. Mayo Clinic Q & A- Dr. Jamie Van Gompel - Pituitary tumors

    And so very tall people in the past have almost always had gigantism, or acromegaly, when they're younger. Acromegaly in adults, what happens is the jaw ...