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 the ...

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 ...

Gigantism and acromegaly are similar, but they also have notable differences. For starters, gigantism occurs in children. The overproduction of growth hormone occurs during puberty, when a child is ...

Tanya Angus had worst acromegaly in world, growing to 7-feet tall, 400 lbs. Jan. 14, 2013— -- Tanya Angus, the Las Vegas woman who had the worst case of gigantism in the world, died today, ...

“It didn’t get crazy until he hit puberty when he was 12, 13, and he was already over 6 feet and still growing two and three inches every year,” Gabriel Yates' mom says Susan Young is a reporter for ...