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Post-treatment, world's tallest man tops out

The Associated Press Published Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:37AM EDT

Sultan Kosen, center, 28, of Turkey, who according to the Guinness World Record Association is the world's tallest man, waves as he is accompanied by members of the newly-created Cuba Amore Foundation, during a visit to the Cesareo Fernandez school in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Thanks to treatment by researchers at the University of Virginia Medical Center, the world's tallest man may have reached his peak.

Measuring at 8-feet-3 inches (2.51 metres), 29-year-old Sultan Kosen of Turkey is listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records at the tallest living man.

Kosen visited the university in May 2010 for treatment for a disorder called acromegaly, which is usually caused by a tumour in the pituitary gland.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Kosen was placed on a new medication that could potentially help control the production of growth hormone and stop his continued growth. According to university officials, doctors in Turkey say Kosen has stopped growing.

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In this Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 file photo, the world's shortest man He Pingping and world's tallest man Sultan Kosen of Turkey, 27, pose together during an event organized by the Guinness World Records in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta, File)