"gigantism due to activity of pituitary after normal growth has ceased," 1886, from French acromégalie, from medical Latin acromegalia, from Greek akron "extremity" (see acrid) + megas "great" (fem. megale; see mickle). Said in contemporary literature to have been coined 1885 by French physician Dr. Pierre Marie.
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1. AbstractFrom 1954 to 1989 , 363 patients with acromegaly were treated by radiotherapy.
報(bào)告363例肢端肥大癥的治療結(jié)果.
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2. Patients with central sleep apnea syndrome, hypothyroidism and acromegaly, etc.
排除中樞性睡眠呼吸暫停綜合征 、 狀腺功能低下、端肥大癥等患者.
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3. Pachydermoperiostosis ( PDP ) is a rare disease that may mimic secondary hypertrophic osteoarhropathy or acromegaly.