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| Acromegaly Inappropriate Growth Hormone Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly) | Somatotropin Hypersecretion Syndrome (Acromegaly) | Inappropriate GH Secretion Syndrome (Acromegaly) | Hypersecretion Syndrome, Somatotropin (Acromegaly) A disorder caused by excessive secretion of GROWTH HORMONE, characterized by bony enlargement of the face (especially prognathism), hands, feet, head, and thorax. Impaired glucose tolerance; HYPERTENSION; ARTHRITIS; diffuse hyperplasia of soft tissues; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; visceromegaly; and MUSCULAR WEAKNESS are frequently associated with this condition. The most common etiology is a GROWTH HORMONE secreting pituitary ADENOMA (see also PITUITARY NEOPLASMS). (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch36, pp79-80) | |
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