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) …