Acromegaly and Pituitary Giantosis in Children

Acromegaly and pituitary giantosis are also known as pituitary gigantism and hyperglycemia. It is due to the excessive secretion of growth hormone during childhood, which leads to abnormal growth of the bones, soft tissues, internal organs and metabolic changes. It is prominent in the rapid growth of bones, especially the growth of long bones. Height is far beyond the normal range. According to Western standards, if the height increase of more than 18cm in the first 6 months after birth or the height increase of more than 10cm 6 to 12 months after birth is excessive growth. Or if the excessive secretion of growth hormone (hGH) begins before puberty, the epiphyseal unfused person is giant disease; if the excessive secretion of hGH begins after puberty has closed, it is acromegaly, only Seen in adults. If the disease begins before puberty and continues after puberty, it becomes a huge deformity with acromegaly. Gigantism is a term used to signify that, for some reason, it is pathologically tall. Children who are longer than the same age can also be higher than the normal standard height of the same sex by 3 standard deviations to be tall.

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