A male patient presents to the clinic with complaints of changes in his facial features and enlarged, painful hands. The nurse correlates these clinical manifestations with a disorder of which hormone?

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The symptoms described are indicative of acromegaly, a condition caused by excessive production of growth hormone (GH), usually due to a pituitary adenoma. This leads to the enlargement of extremities, facial feature changes, and other systemic effects.

A Male Patient Presents to the Clinic with Complaints of Changes