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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
Among 135 consecutive cases of hypopituitary dwarfism, 42 related to detectable intracranial tumour or defect. In 13 cases the tumour had been previously operated and/or irradiated. In 29 others the defect was suggested by neurological abnormalities or headache, skull radiographs, ocular examination or by associated post-hypophyseal deficiency and was demonstrated by pneumoencephalography. When none of these associated abnormalities was found, pneumoencephalography failed to demonstrate any intracranial lesion. Among the 93 so-called idiopathic cases there was a large majority of males (60/93) with a history of birth difficulties (34/60) and especially of breech delivery (23/60). TSH, FSH/LH and ACTH deficiencies were associated to GH deficiency in 81% of patients with detectable intracranial lesions, 57% of male and 39% of female idiopathic cases. The number of patients with idiopathic isolated GH deficiency was similar in boys and girls, suggesting in them the hypothesis of a recessive autosomic genetic defect in spite of the scarcity of familial cases. Peculiar clinical associations may contribute to the diagnosis.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0003-9764
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
144-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
[Etiology and associations of pituitary dwarfism. Study of a series of 135 cases].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract