Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2006
A 46-year-old patient has complained of headache, fatigue, thirst, pains in the spine and joints for the last 2 years. Clinically observed disproportional enlargement of hands, feet, nose, superciliary arches. He notes that he needed to buy bigger shoes three times. What is the main reason of such disproportional enlargement of different parts of the body?
Answer options
- Increased sensitivity of the tissues to growth hormone
- Joints dystrophy development
- Increased sensitivity of the tissues to insulin
- Joints chronic inflammation development
- Cartilaginous tissue proliferation under growth hormone influence
Correct answer
Cartilaginous tissue proliferation under growth hormone influence
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