gigantism…

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endocrine glands, giantism, gigantism, excessive secretion of growth hormone, childhood, the closure, the bone growth plates, excess growth hormone causes, overgrowth, the long bones, very tall stature, excess growth hormone secretion, often a benign pituitary gland tumor, giantism, an underlying medical condition multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, men-1, mccune-albright syndrome, mas, neurofibromatosis, carney complex, excessive secretion of growth hormone occurs after normal bone growth has stopped, condition is known, acromegaly, vertical growth in height that marks this condition is also accompanied by growth in muscles, organs, makes the child extremely large, delay puberty, gigantism is very rare, excessive growth, childhood, frontal bossing, a prominent jaw, thickening, the facial features, disproportionately large hands, feet, thick fingers, toes, increased perspiration, weakness, secretion of breast milk, irregular menstruation, headache, delayed onset of puberty, double vision, peripheral vision, an increase in insulin growth factor-i, igf-i, levels, a failure to suppress serum growth hormone, gh, levels after an oral glucose challenge, maximum 75g, a ct, mri scan, the head showing pituitary tumor, high prolactin levels, hormone levels low, due to damage, pituitary, thyroid hormone, testosterone, boys, estradiol, girls, cortisol, in pituitary tumors, well-defined borders, surgery, treatment of choice, curative, 80% of cases, situations, surgery cannot completely remove the tumor, treatment of choice, most effective medications, somatostatin analogs, octreotide, long-acting lanreotide, reduce growth hormone secretion, dopamine agonists, bromocriptine mesylate, cabergoline, have also been, reduce growth hormone secretion, generally less effective, a medication, blocks the effect of growth hormone, pegvisomant, has, become available, radiation therapy has also been, normalize growth hormone levels, take 5-10 years, the full effects to be, always associated, deficiencies in other pituitary homones, radiation has been associated, learning disabilities, obesity, emotional changes in children, most experts, use radiation only, surgery, medication fail, pituitary surgery, successful in limiting growth hormone production, development of secondary sexual characteristics delayed, surgery, radiation, lead to deficiencies in other pituitary hormones, causing hypothyroidism, andrenal insufficiency, hypogonadism, diabetes insipidus, signs of, excessive growth, childhood.