Alice in Wonderland syndrome
🎓 Academic researchWith migraine, epilepsy or EBV infection, patients feel their body or surroundings grow or shrink.
VerdictA perceptual disorder, not a real change.
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Size Alteration
Enlarging or shrinking the body
Reality checkNo real case; ‘Alice in Wonderland syndrome’ makes the body feel bigger or smaller; Adam Rainer is the only person who was both a dwarf and a giant.
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Adam Rainer: from dwarf to giant
📜 On recordAt 21 he was 1.18 m and classed a dwarf; a pituitary tumour made him shoot up after 30, and he was 2.34 m at death.
VerdictThe only recorded ‘dwarf-then-giant’.
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Robert Wadlow, 2.72 m
📜 On recordThe tallest recorded human, from pituitary over-secretion of growth hormone.
VerdictAn extreme case.
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