Causes: Acromegaly occurs when the pituitary gland ... face and feet. Characteristic features in the face include a disproportionately large nose, tongue or jaw, and lips. Elsewhere in the ...

The most constant radiological features of acromegaly include soft tissue hyperplasia, and increased joint spacing, especially in the limbs by articular cartilage overgrowth. Overgrowth is ...

Such patients are capable of reduction in HGH levels after treatment, with improvement in the clinical features of acromegaly. To what extent is reduction of growth hormone secretion per se a ...

The report describes typical features of acromegaly including hypogonadism, osteoporosis, frontal bossing, prognathism and enlarged internal organs. Post-mortem examination of Antonio Hugo revealed a ...

The blue bar represents patients with acromegaly but without the AIP mutation ... Photograph from Garvagh museum showing 2 patients with typical features of acromegalic gigantism, the person the ...