VIEUX PHENOTYPE ET NOUVEAUX GENOTYPES Actualités dans le domaine des adénomes hypophysaires

Gigantism and acromegaly, usually caused by a pituitary adenoma linked innapropriate secretion of growth hormon (GH) are generally considered as very rare diseases, even if, regarding some authors, their cumulative prevalence is about 1/5000. Starting from the historical case of a giant from Liège we will describe the different types of GH pituitary adenomas and their physiopathology. We will overall discuss rare forms of inherited GH secreting pituitary adenomas like the FIPA (familial inherited isolated pituitary adenomas) and the X-LAG (X linked acrogigantism), both described in Liège, respectively in 2000 and 2014.