The disorder is known as acromegaly if it occurs during adulthood (around the age of 40), whereas gigantism is the childhood counterpart of the same disorder. Īcromegaly is a rare and underdiagnosed disease that results from the overproduction of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). The disorder has been cited in literature since ancient ages, but the pathology of pituitary gland that leads to this condition was the first described by an Italian anatomist, Andrea Verga, in 1864. The term ''acromegaly'' (acrogigantism) has its origin from the Greek words ''akros'' which means extremities and ''mega'' which means big. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Ĭite this article: Akram Belmehdi et al. Keywords: Oral disorders-acromegaly, growth hormones Original article | Volume 34, Article 96, | 10.11604/pamj.2019.3 Oral disorders related to acromegaly Akram Belmehdi, Saliha ChbichebĬorresponding author: Akram Belmehdi, Oral Surgeon, Dental Center of Treatment and Diagnosis (Ibn Sina Hospital), Rabat, Morocco
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