Diseases caused by abnormal GH secretion through hypophysis

Question

Name some diseases caused by abnormal GH secretion through hypophysis?

Answer 1

In childhood, deficient GH secretion might lead to delayed growth and in rigorous cases to nanism (or dwarfism). Excessive production of GH in children might cause exaggerated osseous growth and gigantism. In adults, GH excess (for illustration, in hypophiseal cancer or in people which wrongly ingest GH as the nutritional supplement) might lead to acromegaly, excessive and disproportional growth of the bone extremities, such as the skull, maxillaries, hands and the feet.