GENERAL HISTOLOGY

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: -Overproduction of growth hormone is almost always caused by a noncancerous (benign) pituitary tumor (adenoma). Certain rare tumors of the pancreas and lungs also can produce hormones that stimulate the pituitary to produce excessive amounts of growth hormone, with similar consequences.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gigantism is a rare condition that causes abnormal growth in children. This change is most notable in terms of height, but girth is affected as well. It occurs when your child’s pituitary gland makes too much growth hormone, which is also known as somatotropin.

Detailed explanation-4: -problems with the vision due to pressure on the optic nerves. damage to the rest of the pituitary gland that fails to produce other hormones (hypopituitarism). If there is a failure of sex hormone production this can cause delayed puberty.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gigantism is a genetic disease, which means that it is caused by one or more genes not working correctly.