A mafi yawan lokuta (fiye da 95%), hypersecretion na girma hormone da ke haifar da acromegaly yana da alaƙa da haɓakar ƙwayar ƙwayar ƙwayar cuta (pituitary adenoma), ƙaramin gland (kimanin girman kajin), wanda yake a ƙasa. na kwakwalwa, game da tsayin hanci.

Wannan ciwace-ciwacen daji yakan faru ne ba zato ba tsammani: sannan ya cancanci a matsayin "mai-wuta". A wasu lokuta, da yawa rare lokuta, acromegaly yana da nasaba da anomaly kwayoyin: to akwai wasu lokuta a cikin iyali da kuma shi za a iya hade da sauran pathologies.

Duk da haka, adawar da ke tsakanin nau'i-nau'i da na iyali yana da wuya a ci gaba da kasancewa, a cikin nau'i-nau'i (ba tare da wasu lokuta a cikin iyali ba), kwanan nan ya yiwu a nuna cewa akwai kuma maye gurbin kwayoyin halitta. a asalin cutar.