Overgrowth syndrome
Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome; hemihyperplasia; Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome; Perlman syndrome; Sotos syndrome; Weaver syndrome; Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome; Proteus syndrome; Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, Parkes Weber syndrome, and Sturge-Weber syndrome; Maffucci syndrome; neurofibromatosis; and fragile X syndrome. Overproduction of growth hormone by the pituitary gland causes overgrowth before adolescence and a distinctive pattern of overgrowth called acromegaly.
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