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- Title
Coexistence of Growth Hormone Deficiency and Pituitary Microadenoma in a Child with Unique Mosaic Turner Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review.
- Authors
Park, Eu Gene; Kim, Eun-Jung; Kim, Eun-Jee; Kim, Hyun-Young; Kim, Sun-Hee; Yang, Aram
- Abstract
Turner syndrome (TS) is a genetic disorder with phenotypic heterogeneity caused by the monosomy or structural abnormalities of the X chromosome, and it has a prevalence of about 1/2500 females live birth. The variable clinical features of TS include short stature, gonadal failure, and skeletal dysplasia. The association with growth hormone (GH) deficiency or other hypopituitarism in TS is extremely rare, with only a few case reports published in the literature. Here, we report the first case of a patient with mosaic TS with complete GH deficiency and pituitary microadenoma, and we include the literature review. During the work-up of the patient for severe short stature, three GH provocation tests revealed peak GH levels of less than 5 ng/mL, which was compatible with complete GH deficiency. Sella magnetic resonance imaging showed an 8 mm non-enhancing pituitary adenoma with mild superior displacement of the optic chiasm. Karyotyping revealed the presence of ring chromosome X and monosomy X (46,X,r(X)/45,X/46,X,psu dic r(X;X)), which indicated a mosaic TS. It is important to consider not only chromosome analyses in females with short stature, but also the possibility of the coexistence of complete GH deficiency accompanying pituitary lesions in TS. In conclusion, the present study reports the first case of GH deficiency and pituitary adenoma in a patient with rare mosaic TS, which extends the genotype–phenotype spectrum for TS.
- Subjects
SOMATOTROPIN; PITUITARY dwarfism; HYPOPITUITARISM; TURNER'S syndrome; X chromosome abnormalities; SHORT stature; LITERATURE reviews
- Publication
Diagnostics (2075-4418), 2020, Vol 10, Issue 10, p783
- ISSN
2075-4418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/diagnostics10100783