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MARCH 24, 2008 (+ APRIL 12, 2008 update) The world's largest living hand The tallest living man is Leonid Stadnyk, his hand is 31 centimeters long. Presented by: Handresearch.com Leonid Ivanovyc Stadnyk from Ukraïne is the world's tallest living man according to Guinness World Records 2008. Leonid Stadnyk's excessive growth began after brain surgery when he was 14 years old. He developed a pituitary gland tumor which caused the gland to secrete large amounts of growth hormone, resulting in what doctors describe as acromegalic gigantism. On August 8, 2007, Guinness book's spokeswoman Amarilis Espinoza stated that in the 2008 edition of the record book, Mr Stadnyk at 2.59m (8 feet, 5 inches), replaces Bao Xishun, a native of Inner Mongolia in China who stands 2.36 m. Leonid has the biggest palm in the world as well – his palm is 31 centimeters long. Probably for this reason he does not drink alcohol: any glass looks tiny to him. On 24 March 2008 Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko presented Leonid Stadnik with a car which was specially adapted for him by Ukrainian corporation Autozaz-Daewoo TIP: You can take a look at Leonid's hand via this wonderfull Leonid Stadnik Youtube video - featured with Michael Buble singing: "You give your hand to me ..." However, 24 year old macrodactyly patient Liu Hua from Jiangsu (China) is the man who used to have the world's largest human hand ever! On July 20, 2007 doctors removed 5.1kg of flesh and bone during a surgery procedure. When Liu was hospitalized in Shanghai, his left thumb measured 26 centimeters, his index finger was 30cm and his middle finger 15cm. The overall weight of his left arm was about 10 kilograms. 12 APRIL, 2008 update: The tallest person in medical history is Robert Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), who suffered on hypertrophy of his pituitary gland which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone. Wadlow reached 2.72 m (8 feet 11.1 inches) in height. Robert Wadlow's hands measured 32.4 cm (12.75 inches) from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger. Photo: Robert Wadlow and his father. Find a Palm Reader in Ukraïne! Find a Palm Reader in the USA! Find a Palm Reader in China! Related sources: Leonid Stadnik at Factarchive.com Man with world's largest hand in Shanghai for surgery Robert Wadlow at Worldslargestthings.com Talk to the Hand Evolutionary Handanalysis Milestone for unique Bionic Hand Double Digits Giving Science the Finger More HAND NEWS

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