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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000172
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000172
Preferred Name

Acromegaly

Definitions
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)
Synonyms
Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndromes (Acromegaly)
Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Syndrome, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
Syndromes, Somatotropin Hypersecretion (Acromegaly)
Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Hypersecretion Syndromes, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (Acromegaly)
Hypersecretion Syndrome, Somatotropin (Acromegaly)
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