Gigantism is a condition involving an overproduction of growth hormone (GH) before the age of puberty. Children and adolescents with this condition are atypically tall compared with children of ...

Gigantism and acromegaly are growth disorders that result from excess amounts of growth hormone in the body. The conditions are similar but have several differences. Growth hormone is one of the ...

Jayson has gigantism, a 'condition where there is a growth on his pituitary gland' At 10 years old, he towers over most adult men at six-foot-three-inches; ...

Acromegaly vs. gigantism Both of these conditions arise when your body makes too much growth hormone. If the increase in this hormone starts before you've stopped growing and your growth plates ...

"Gigantism in the current cetacean lineage is recent, estimated at approximately 5 million years ago. Before that, there were animals with large sizes, like Basilosaurus, but these were exceptions ...

Wadlow's height came as a result of pituitary gigantism. By the time he was 5, Wadlow was 5 feet 4 inches tall, Guinness World Records reports. At 8 years old, he was nearly 6 feet tall.