A member asked:

One of ur docs said there are several disorders that can make person grow taller after 24.what are the disorders & will they keep growing for many yrs

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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

Not so: Once the froth plates are fused that's it. If you develop a pituitary tumor secreting growth hormone you can then become acromegalic and develop coarse gnarly features like Dr.Frankenstein's creature but I wouldn't say you were growing well.

Answered 9/6/2015

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