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ROMERO PAIFFER, Iranis; TAMAYO RODRIGUEZ, Wilber  e  ODOU COBIAN, José Ramón. Presentation of an Adolescent with Gigantism. ccm [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.1, pp. 182-188. ISSN 1560-4381.

Gigantism, a hormonal disease caused by the excessive secretion of the growth hormone of the anterior pituitary gland, while the epiphysis of the bones is not still closed, it causes an overgrowth body gain height. An 18- year-old male teenager suffering from pain in arms and legs, from his early years presented an overgrowth of all his body, in the physical exam and 2.17 meters of height. He also presented a slow development in his sexual organs. The symptoms found, together with some other test showed a diagnosis of gigantism associated with mild hypogonadism and thyroid hypofuntion. To know the growth hormone, a computer axial tomography and a magnetic resonance were needed in order to determine an exact diagnosis but it was postponed because of for financial reasons.

Palavras-chave : gigantism; hypophysis adenoma; growth hormone.

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