ISOLATED APLASIA OF THE ANTERIOR-PITUITARY GLAND WITH UNUSUAL ASSOCIATIONS

Authors
SULTAN Z GNANARATNAM J SHARIEF N
Citation
Z. Sultan et al., ISOLATED APLASIA OF THE ANTERIOR-PITUITARY GLAND WITH UNUSUAL ASSOCIATIONS, Clinical dysmorphology, 5(4), 1996, pp. 347-350
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Clinical dysmorphology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09628827
Volume
5
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
347 - 350
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-8827(1996)5:4<347:IAOTAG>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A male infant was found to have cleft lip and palate with micropenis a t birth. He suffered recurrent episodes of hypoglycaemia in the first 3 days. CT scan showed possible incomplete division of the frontal lob es and endocrinological investigations confirmed hypopituitarism. He d eveloped renal and respiratory failure and died at the age of 10 days. Post mortem showed an absent adenohypophysis, an intact neurohypophys is, absent olfactory tracts and polysplenia.