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Treatments could include:
Surgery to remove the pituitary tumor causing this condition corrects the abnormal growth hormone secretion in most patients. This surgery may not be available to patients in remote locations, so travel to a larger metropolitan area may be necessa...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 25, 2009
Hypophysectomy, or hypophysis, is the surgical removal of the pituitary gland.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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