What is Gigantism?

What is Gigantism?

• Gigantism: A rare endocrine disorder where excess growth hormone is produced prior to puberty.
• Gigantism: The condition of abnormal overgrowth or excessive size of the whole body or any of its parts.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Gigantism: excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Gigantism: Introduction

Types of Gigantism:

Broader types of Gigantism:

• Pituitary conditions
• more types...»

Who gets Gigantism?

Patient Profile for Gigantism: Children and teens

How serious is Gigantism?

Complications of Gigantism: see complications of Gigantism

What causes Gigantism?

Causes of Gigantism: see causes of Gigantism

What are the symptoms of Gigantism?

Symptoms of Gigantism: see symptoms of Gigantism

Complications of Gigantism: see complications of Gigantism

Gigantism: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Gigantism.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Gigantism.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Gigantism: see treatments for Gigantism

Organs Affected by Gigantism:

Organs and body systems related to Gigantism include:

• Body
• Bones
• Pituitary

Name and Aliases of Gigantism

Main name of condition: Gigantism

Giantism, Overgrowth
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Gigantism:

• Growth hormone excess
• GH excess
• Giantism
• Gigantosoma
• Giant
• Hypersomia
• Somatomegaly
• Acromegalia
• Endocrine system
• Giants
• Pituitary gland
• Abnormal growth
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia type I
• MEN type I
• McCune-Albright syndrome
• MAS
• Neurofibromatosis
• Tuberous sclerosis
• Carney complex
• Precocious puberty

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