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Classroom classification

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Gigantism

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Common symptoms

巨指(趾)、多饮、甲状腺肿、异常高大、巨阴症、肢体过度肥大、儿童期过度生长、多尿、喉头增大

The pathology of disease

Gigantism is excess growth hormone before epiphyseal closure; tall stature; children; pituitary adenoma; endocrinology; surgery.

Symptoms

Tall stature; child; known pituitary adenoma; headache; IGF-1; GH; endocrinology

Causes

Pituitary GH adenoma; gigantism; child; before closure.

Treatment

Transsphenoidal surgery; somatostatin analog; endocrinology/neurosurgery

Dept

Endocrinology / neurosurgery / pediatric endocrinology.

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