Acromegaly is a condition caused by prolonged exposure to excessive human growth hormone in adults.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple authoritative medical sources including Mayo Clinic, NIH/NIDDK, and NCBI StatPearls, consistent with standard medical consensus. [tier=silver indep_score=1.0 clusters=2 claim_tier=everyday | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- M0003815: Skeleton of Charles Byrne, known as "the Irish Giant" | Wellcome Collection (seed:anatomy_and_medical_oddities)
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/acromegaly/symptoms-causes/syc-20351222 (corroboration)
- https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/endocrine-diseases/acromegaly (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507815/ (corroboration)