How tall is sultan

Kosen's extraordinary stature is a result of gigantism. He developed a pituitary tumor as a child, which caused his pituitary gland to produce an excessive amount of growth hormone. Kosen's parents and siblings are all average height. Vance first learned of Kosen's case and first saw him as a patient in the spring of The Discovery Channel was doing a show on Kosen as the "World's Tallest Man," and Vance, as an expert in pituitary tumors, was asked to appear on it.

She put Kosen on a new medication he was already taking two others to try to bring down his growth hormone levels to a normal range.

But medication alone would not be enough, so Vance consulted with a neurosurgeon to explore other options. Although his pituitary tumor was diagnosed when Kosen was 10 years old, efforts in his native Turkey and elsewhere in Europe to stop the tumor's growth were unsuccessful.

He had three prior surgeries attempting to remove the tumor as well as radiation treatment, but Kosen kept growing and growing. Slideshow: Guinness World Records It seems being this tall comes at a steep price. As a result, Kosen's skeletal frame was so big that his joints, bones and muscles were weak in relation to his height.

They are usually scared of me. Hopefully now that I'm famous I'll be able to meet lots of girls. My dream is to be married. He also enjoyed specially tailored clothing and the opportunity to travel the world. Revolutionary gamma-knife surgery on the tumour affecting his pituitary gland, provided by the University of Virginia, USA, in August , finally halted Sultan's production of growth hormone and stopped him from getting any taller.

Sultan and Merve Dibo, who is nine years his junior and just 5 ft 9 in 1. They were married two months later. The couple enjoyed a full wedding party after the ceremony , with over 1, guests, including a representative from Guinness World Records and local dignitaries. Since receiving the vital medical treatment he needed to stop his growth, Sultan has been invited to star in a number of Hollywood movies. In , he accepted his debut film role in Achieving the Impossible. He remains a fan of basketball to this day and joined in a game for a few shots when he was in New York a few years ago pictured above.

As you can see, this average-sized car would be a squeeze for Sultan to get into. The Guinness World Records book is Lastly, nothing puts Sultan's height into perspective than him standing next to someone else!

When Sultan was last officially measured In Ankara, Turkey, on 8 February and the times before that the adjudicator had to stand on a stepladder to get the tape measure to reach above Sultan's head. However, being so tall does have its upsides. Sultan says it makes him great at hanging curtains and changing lightbulbs! He has always taken the publicity he attracts in his rather long stride and handles the attention with positivity and grace. Everyone is different, but at the end of the day we are all the same people.