[Excessive growth and growth hormone deficiency after treatment for craniopharyngioma]

Autor: J P, López Siguero, E, García García, M J, Martínez-Aedo, A, Martínez Valverde
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Anales espanoles de pediatria. 53(1)
ISSN: 0302-4342
Popis: Some children grow normally or excessively after extirpation of a craniopharyngioma, despite growth hormone deficiency. We report a 4-year-old girl with suprasellar craniopharyngioma. Removal of the tumor resulted in panhypopituitarism. For the next 5 years growth continued at a rate of 8.4-10.6 cm/year and then decreased progressively to 1.2 cm/year. Administration of growth hormone increased growth rate to 9.3 cm/year.
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