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An 8-year-old boy was seen collecting money by dancing in the street in the Central African country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC.
He seemed to be a very good dancer to the music that was playing, but it was noted that he had unusually large feet (Figures 1 and 2). His hands and head were also larger than normal, but his feet were typical of gigantism. He had numerous lightly colored patches of skin (café-au-lait spots) and superficial masses distributed throughout his body — that, along with the gigantism from growth hormone excess, strongly supports the

An 8-year-old boy was seen collecting money by dancing in the street in the Central African country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC.
He seemed to be a very good dancer to the music that was playing, but it was noted that he had unusually large feet (Figures 1 and 2). His hands and head were also larger than normal, but his feet were typical of gigantism. He had numerous lightly colored patches of skin (café-au-lait spots) and superficial masses distributed throughout his body — that, along with the gigantism from growth hormone excess, strongly supports the