ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -When you have too much growth hormone, your bones increase in size. In childhood, this leads to increased height and is called gigantism. But in adulthood, a change in height doesn’t occur. Instead, the increase in bone size is limited to the bones of your hands, feet and face, and is called acromegaly.

Detailed explanation-2: -In gigantism, the excessive amount of growth hormone (GH) accelerates the growth of muscle, bones and connective tissue. This leads to an abnormally increased height as well as several soft tissue changes. When left untreated or unmanaged, some people with gigantism have grown over 8 feet tall.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gigantism is a rare condition due to abnormal, accelerated growth caused by excessive amounts of growth hormone secretion during childhood or adolescence. It is almost always the result of a growth hormone-secreting pituitary tumour.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gigantism is a genetic disease, which means that it is caused by one or more genes not working correctly.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sometimes this happens for genetic reasons. Sometimes the cause is a tumor that affects the gland (some tumors cause cancer and others, called benign tumors, do not). Problems can also result from treatment for other conditions and from other diseases not specifically affecting an endocrine gland.