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Images in Clinical Medicine
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Volume 340:524 February 18, 1999 Number 7
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Pituitary Gigantism

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Figure 1. A 22-year-old man with gigantism due to excess growth hormone is shown to the left of his identical twin. The increased height (Panel A) and enlarged hand (Panel B) and foot (Panel C) of the affected twin are apparent. Their height and features began to diverge at the age of approximately 13 years.

 
Figure 1B.

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Robert F. Gagel, M.D.
Ian E. McCutcheon, M.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX 77030




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