Many parents hope that their children will grow taller and taller. Xiaoming, a 19-year-old Jiangxi boy, is 2.1 meters tall, but his parents are not happy, because Xiaoming’s height suddenly jumped up in a year. , but also accompanied by other symptoms. Recently, Xiao Ming was diagnosed with “giant disease” and underwent surgery.
In the first hospital of Zhejiang University, the tall man walking is Xiao Ming, his The top of his head was about to touch the ceiling of the hospital corridor, and at the same time, he was a little sluggish when walking, and his steps were unsteady. The family told the doctor that a year ago, Xiao Ming was 1.75 meters tall and walked normally. Unexpectedly, in just one year, he jumped 35 centimeters taller. The family members who felt that something was wrong took Xiao Ming to the hospital. During the examination, the doctor found that Xiao Ming had a huge pituitary tumor in his brain.
Pan Xinfa, Deputy Chief Physician of Neurosurgery, First Hospital of Zhejiang University
I was shocked when I saw the film, the tumor in the brain was very large, and a very serious complication was that when the tumor grew, it blocked the opening of the aqueduct in the midbrain, and the patient still had symptoms of hydrocephalus. cause unsteady walking.
According to the doctor, the pituitary gland is an important endocrine center. More than 4 centimeters is a huge tumor, and Xiaoming’s tumor has reached 5 centimeters. Under the influence of the huge tumor, his growth hormone secretion was excessive and abnormal, and the index exceeded 60 times the normal value, so he jumped 35 cm in height within a year. Subsequently, the doctor removed the pituitary tumor for Xiaoming through minimally invasive surgery, and has now recovered and discharged from the hospital.
The reporter learned that if growth hormone pituitary tumor occurs in adolescence, it often leads to Gigantism, like Xiao Ming, suddenly jumps tall; and if it occurs in adulthood, it will lead to acromegaly, such as thick fingers and ugly face, and it is easy to misdiagnose.
The doctor reminds: Before puberty, normal children increase their height by about 5 cm each year, and at 10 -After entering puberty at the age of 12, the height increases rapidly and can reach about 10 cm per year. Be alert to abnormal growth and development.
Pan Xinfa, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Neurosurgery of the First Hospital of Zhejiang University
If the patient grows more than 30 centimeters within a year like this patient in a short period of time, it must be abnormal. In addition to height, limbs, and limbs that will grow and widen, which are not normal lengths and heights, such as abnormal fingers, which will increase in thickness, and a more typical one is snoring while sleeping.
Source: Zhejiang News Channel