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World's Tallest Man to Have Surgery to Stop Growth

2010/08/19 03:11:07 @FOXNews.com

Sultan Kosen is more than 8 feet tall as a result of a rare hormonal condition called acromegaly, which causes the pituitary gland to produce too much growth hormone, usually as a result of a noncancerous tumor on the pituitary gland
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