摘要：Body measurements were taken on a male patient, 25 years of age, suffering from acromegalic gigantism with pluriglandular adenomatosis, at Shinshu University. His clavicle, humerus and femur also were examined after his death. Somatometric and osteometric data are contained in the Japanese text. The patient was not only gigantic in size, but also abnomal in build, as pictures show. The vertebral column was kypho-scoliotic. The chest, back, face and lower limbs were developed asymmetrically. It is considered that those transformations of body build were caused by the overweight, the osteoporosis and the disharmony of epiphyseal closure of the long bones. The stature was 194 cm. in standing, although it was 215 cm. in laying. The notable difference of stature in different postures means that his skeleton could not bear the lasting load of his overweight in standing. The weight was 108 kg, even after his death, a larger portion of which being that of the fat tissue. Comparing the degree of development of the three bones examined, the femur is the most developed and the clavicle the least, although all the bones of the patient are larger than the normal. The order of size and robustness of the three bones examined corresponds with that of epiphyseal closure. Both clavicle and humerus show considerablly abnormal curvature. This fact may be due to the tectonic defect at the shoulder region.
