gigantism - CISMeF

Preferred Label : gigantism;

MeSH definition : The condition of accelerated and excessive GROWTH in children or adolescents who are exposed to excess HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE before the closure of EPIPHYSES. It is usually caused by somatotroph hyperplasia or a GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA. These patients are of abnormally tall stature, more than 3 standard deviations above normal mean height for age.;

MeSH synonym : gigantism, pituitary; pituitary gigantism;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantism;

Details

Origin ID

D005877;

UMLS CUI

C0017547;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Gigantism [ACR pathology]
- Gigantism [ACR pathology]
- Gigantism [ACR pathology]
- Gigantism [ACR pathology]
- Hypersomatotropic gigantism (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pituitary adenoma 1, multiple types [OMIM Phenotype]
- hypersomatotropic gigantism [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- GIGANTISM [WHO-ART Included Term]
- Gigantism [PASCAL descriptor]
- Gigantism [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Gigantism [NCIt concept]
- Gigantism (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pituitary gigantism [ORDO Disease]
- gigantism [Disease (Nov.)]
- gigantism, nos [SNOMED Notion]
ORDO relation(s)
- Pituitary gigantism [ORDO Disease]
Record concept(s)
- gigantism [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also
- adenoma, acidophil [MeSH Descriptor]
- beckwith-wiedemann syndrome [MeSH Descriptor]
- growth disorders [MeSH Descriptor]
- sotos syndrome [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- GIGANTISM [WHO-ART Included Term]
- Gigantism [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Gigantism [PASCAL descriptor]
- Gigantism [NCIt concept]
- Gigantism (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pituitary gigantism [ORDO Disease]
- gigantism [Disease (Nov.)]
- gigantism, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- hypophyseal gigantism [Disease (Nov.)]

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