Acromegaly [akromegalie]
- Terms
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Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (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)
- Annotation
- coordinate with GROWTH HORMONE in animals or HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE in humans if pertinent
- DUI
- D000172 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0000261
Allowable subheadings
- BL
- blood 20
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CI
- chemically induced 1
- CL
- classification 2
- CO
- complications 52
- CN
- congenital
- DI
- diagnosis 90
- DG
- diagnostic imaging 2
- DH
- diet therapy
- DT
- drug therapy 88
- EC
- economics 1
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology 3
- EP
- epidemiology 7
- EH
- ethnology
- ET
- etiology 43
- GE
- genetics 4
- HI
- history 2
- IM
- immunology 1
- ME
- metabolism 21
- MI
- microbiology
- MO
- mortality 7
- NU
- nursing 1
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 32
- PP
- physiopathology 25
- PC
- prevention & control 1
- PX
- psychology 2
- RT
- radiotherapy 16
- RH
- rehabilitation 1
- SU
- surgery 42
- TH
- therapy 59
- UR
- urine 1
- VE
- veterinary
- VI
- virology
Acromegaloid facial appearance syndrome Disease MeSH Browser
Acromegaloid features, overgrowth, cleft palate, and hernia Disease MeSH Browser
Acromelic frontonasal dysplasia Disease MeSH Browser
Growth hormone excess Disease MeSH Browser
Pseudoacromegaly with Severe Insulin Resistance Disease MeSH Browser
Rosenthal-Kloepfer syndrome Disease MeSH Browser