The depiction of acromegaly in ancient Greek and Hellenistic art

Konstantinos Laios, Maria Zozolou, Konstantinos Markatos, Marianna Karamanou, George Androutsos

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In 1886, Pierre Marie (1853-1940) published the first accurate scientific description of acromegaly while also coining the term that we now employ (acromegaly today being used when the disease appears in adulthood, and gigantism when it is seen in childhood) …

Hypophysis. From outgrowth, to ocular disorder to pituitary gland

Konstantinos Laios, George Androutsos, Maria Piagkou, Marilita M. Moschos

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In ancient Greek the term ὑπόφυσις meant literally something growing from below, the word being composed of the two elements hypo (Greek: ὑπό, below) and phyomai (φύομαι, grow). In ancient Greek medical literature we find this term with various meanings …