Bragg-peak proton hypophysectomy was used in 22 acromegalic patients. Of 14 followed for two to 36 months, size of hands, feet or face decreased in nine. Variable improvement took place in ...

A sufferer of acromegalic gigantism, this American man measured 2.49 m (8 ft 2 in). Koehler's twin sister was 74 cm (29 in) shorter than him, a difference that set a world record. The Tel Aviv ...

Figure 2. A patient with gigantism born in Magherafelt from 1910. Figure 3. Photograph from Garvagh museum showing 2 patients with typical features of acromegalic gigantism, the person the middle with ...

The pituitary tumour types occurring in these families are most commonly growth hormone-secreting adenomas (causing acromegaly or acromegalic gigantism), prolactin-secreting adenomas (prolactinomas) ...