What is Acromegaly?
What is Acromegaly?
- Acromegaly: A hormonal disorder involving excess growth hormone production by the pituitary gland.
- Acromegaly: disorder caused by excessive secretion of somatotropin, characterized by bony enlargement of face, hands, feet, head and thorax.
Source - Diseases Database
- Acromegaly: enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor).
Source - WordNet 2.1
Acromegaly is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acromegaly, or a subtype of Acromegaly,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Acromegaly as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Acromegaly: Introduction
Types of Acromegaly:
Types of Acromegaly:
- Pituitary-tumor-caused acromegaly
- Non-pituitary-tumor-caused acromegaly
- more types...»
Broader types of Acromegaly:
How many people get Acromegaly?
Prevalance of Acromegaly: 40-60 per million affected people at any time
Prevalance Rate of Acromegaly: approx 1 in 25,000 or 0.00% or 10,880 people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Acromegaly: 3 per million annual cases
Incidence Rate of Acromegaly: approx 1 in 333,333 or 0.00% or 816 people in USA [about data]
How serious is Acromegaly?
Complications of Acromegaly:
see complications of Acromegaly
What causes Acromegaly?
Causes of Acromegaly: see causes of Acromegaly
Cause of Acromegaly: Pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone often due to a tumor.
What are the symptoms of Acromegaly?
Symptoms of Acromegaly:
see symptoms of Acromegaly
Complications of Acromegaly:
see complications of Acromegaly
Acromegaly: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Acromegaly.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Acromegaly.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Acromegaly:
see treatments for Acromegaly
Research for Acromegaly:
see research for Acromegaly
Organs Affected by Acromegaly:
Organs and body systems related to Acromegaly include:
Name and Aliases of Acromegaly
Main name of condition: Acromegaly
Other names or spellings for Acromegaly:
Somatotroph adenoma, Growth hormone excess
Somatotrophinoma, Pituitary tumour (growth hormone secreting)
Source - Diseases Database
Acromegalia
Source - WordNet 2.1
Growth hormone excess, Somatotroph adenoma
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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