Primary GH excess |
GH-cell adenoma |
Mixed GH-cell and PRL-cell adenoma |
Mammosomatotroph-cell adenoma |
Plurihormonal adenoma |
GH-cell carcinoma |
Familial syndromes |
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (GH-cell adenoma) |
Familial acromegaly |
McCune-Albright syndrome (rarely adenoma) |
Carney's syndrome |
GH excess (ectopic or iatrogenic) |
Pancreatic islet-cell tumor |
Lymphoma |
Iatrogenic |
GHRH excess |
Central ectopic (<1 percent) |
Hypothalamic hamartoma, choristoma, ganglioneuroma |
Peripheral ectopic (1 percent) |
Bronchial carcinoid, pancreatic islet-cell tumor, small cell lung cancer, adrenal adenoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma |
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