1. Pico suffered the dual misfortune of disfigurement from acromegaly and ridicule. 2. He described acromegaly in 1884, two years before Pierre Marie. 3. The chances of developing acromegaly is 1 in 20, 000 +. 4. The nose may be stimulated to grow in acromegaly . 5. Sensus estimates about 40, 000 people are now receiving another drug therapy for acromegaly . 6. Podkolzine also was recently diagnosed with having acromegaly , a growth hormone secreting pituitary adenoma. 7. During his time in Japan, doctors first informed Roussimoff that he suffered from acromegaly . 8. Resulting heaviness of the jaw and increased size of digits is referred to as acromegaly . 9. Rana suffers from acromegaly , which, among other effects, causes gigantism and chin protrusion. 10. He had wanted to become a lawyer, but his acromegaly prevented him from doing so.