GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder that develops when your pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone during adulthood. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Acromegaly happens because your pituitary gland (a pea-sized gland just below the brain) produces too much growth hormone. This is usually caused by a non-cancerous tumour in the pituitary gland called an adenoma.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gigantism is a hormonal disorder in which an individual grows abnormally tall during childhood. This condition is caused due to the oversecretion of somatotropin or the growth hormone from the anterior pituitary gland.