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Acromegaly 5/19 - Coggle Diagram
Acromegaly 5/19
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Treatments
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Treatments can include medications,surgery, radiosurgery,radiation therapy
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Gigantism vs Acromegaly
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Gigantism abnormally high linear growth due to excessive action on insulinlike growth factor (IGF-I) during the epiphyseal growth plates are open during childhood.
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acromegaly is caused by the secretion of growth hormone during adulthood. Most common cause is called the pituitary adenoma. It leads to a tumor developed in the pituitary gland. Excessive secretion of growth hormone leads to enlargement of body tissues.
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