Gigantism
type: Q12136
type: Thing
different from: Island gigantism
different from: Deep-sea gigantism
label: Riesenwuchs @de
label: Gigantyzm @pl
label: Gigantisme @in
label: 巨人症 @ja
label: Gigantismo @pt
label: 거인증 @ko
label: Erraldoitasun @eu
label: Hochwuchs @de
label: عملقة @ar
label: Гігантизм @uk
label: Γιγαντισμός @el
label: Gigantismus @cs
label: Гигантизм @ru
complications: Excessive sweating,delayed puberty, weakness and severe or recurrent headaches, strokes, vomiting or nausea, high fevers, daytime sleepiness or narcolepsy, dry mouth, frequent diarrheas, stomachaches, ear pains, memory loss, back pains, excessive muscle cramps, chest pains
subject: Category:People with gigantism
subject: Category:Human height
subject: Category:Neuroendocrinology
subject: Category:Growth disorders
subject: Category:Rare diseases
subject: Category:Growth hormones
medication: Pegvisomant
medication: Lanreotide
medication: Octreotide
image: André the Giant in the late '80s.jpg
image: Anna Swan with her parents.jpg
image: Seeman Cajanus.jpg
align: right
diseases DB: 30730
icd10: ,
icd10: E34.4
icd10: E22.0
icd9: 253.0
medline plus: 001174
mesh id: D005877
icd: ,
icd: E34.4
icd: E22.0
symptoms: Abnormal growth in height or size, weakness and insomnia
treatment: Surgically remove the enlarged pituitary gland
meshid: D005877
treatment: Pituitary gland
symptom: Insomnia
medical cause: Hyperplasia
medical cause: Pituitary gland
synonyms: Giantism
complications: Excessive sweating, delayed puberty, weakness and severe or recurrent headaches, strokes, vomiting or nausea, high fevers, daytime sleepiness or narcolepsy, dry mouth, frequent diarrheas, stomachaches, ear pains, memory loss, back pains, excessive muscle cramps, chest pains
medication: Octreotide, lanreotide or pegvisomant
causes: Hyperplasia in the pituitary gland
description: 표준 신장보다 높은 신장을 나타내는 병태 @ko
description: homa malsano @eo
description: מחלה שמתבטאת בהפרשת יתר של הורמוני גדילה @iw
description: tillväxtsjukdom @sv
description: človeška bolezen @sl
description: மனிதருக்கு ஏற்படும் ஒரு குறைபாடு @ta
description: بیماری @fa
description: trouble de la croissance @fr
description: human disease which causes the body to grow abnormally large
description: condizione clinica caratterizzata da un eccessivo accrescimento somatico delle strutture anatomiche del corpo @it
description: Störung der postnatalen Entwicklung @de
description: хвороба людей @uk
description: Гигантизм - очень большой рост, возникает от СТГ @ru
description: choroba polegająca głównie na nadmiernym wzroście ciała @pl
description: مرض يصيب الإنسان @ar
description: enfermedad humana @es
wiki page external link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11081170
wiki page external link: https://books.google.com/books%3Fid=tIr2DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA73
wiki page external link: https://web.archive.org/web/20040522113628/http:/www.gghjournal.com/pdf/volume_10/10-1/feature_1_10_1.pdf
wiki page external link: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01673646
wiki page external link: http://www.gghjournal.com/pdf/volume_10/10-1/feature_1_10_1.pdf
wiki page external link: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001174.htm
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Hypothalamic–pituitary–somatic_axis
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Bone
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Skeletal_system
wiki page wiki link: https://dbpedia-live.demo.openlinksw.com/resource/Carney_complex