HLSC 2463U Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hyperpituitarism, Hypopituitarism, Acromegaly
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Case study hit puberty at age 11, started to grow, at age 15, grew to be almost 6 foot, wearing size 13 shoes, right knee started swelling and ulcers started forming on his lower left leg. Release of t3 and t4, cortisol, and testosterone is controlled by hormones produced by the anterior pituitary. Gh only one released from the anterior pituitary. Normally, menopausal women over the ages of 50 have osteoporosis and can break their limbs. Testosterone in men usually is stable this is why men do not experience osteoporosis as much as women. Symptoms ulcers, broken hip, excess growth, knee swelling, low levels of three hormones and high levels of growth hormone. The hormonal problem associated with these symptoms is a tumour of the anterior pituitary gland; specifically in the somatotrophs (gh) Adenohypophysial tumours that lead to hyperpituitarism and hypopituitarism. Hyperpituitarism affects the cells that form the tumour and cause hypopituitarism of all other cells in the ant.
