THE TAIWANESE GIANT - HORMONAL AND GENETIC INFLUENCES IN FIBROUS DYSPLASIA

Authors
SZWAJKUN P CHEN YR YEOW VKL BREIDAHL AF
Citation
P. Szwajkun et al., THE TAIWANESE GIANT - HORMONAL AND GENETIC INFLUENCES IN FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, Annals of plastic surgery, 41(1), 1998, pp. 75-80
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
01487043
Volume
41
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
75 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7043(1998)41:1<75:TTG-HA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A 14-year-old boy has been followed for 4 years with a rapidly growing , recurrent area of fibrous dysplasia of the left maxilla and zygoma f ollowing resection and bone grafting. Standing 190 cm tall, he was fou nd to have elevated serum growth hormone levels and a pituitary adenom a. His case appears to represent a postzygotic gene mutation of McCune -Albright syndrome. It is possible that the elevated growth hormone le vels are in part responsible for the rapid progression of the tumor.