It may also reduce someone's life expectancy by around 10 years. Acromegaly is often confused with gigantism, another rare ...

Biochemical control of acromegaly in noncured patients is usually defined as serum growth hormone (GH) levels <2.0 µg/l, plus normal-for-age serum levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I).

A new study demonstrates that a benign growth on the pituitary gland causing a growth disorder called acromegaly, which in some cases may lead to gigantism, are often inherited in Northern Ireland. A ...

The various surgical and radiologic methods of treating acromegaly have dramatically improved over the past 75 years. In addition to the improvements in primary surgical and radiation methods ...