[Ossification of the auricle in partial pituitary failure with selective ACTH and STH deficiency (author's transl)].
An acquired partial pituitary insufficiency of unknown origin with selective ACTH and STH deficiency was demonstrated in a 44-year-old patient. The clinical course over many years corresponds to subclinical Addison's disease with occasional acute crises. Ossification of both auricular cartilages and anhidrosis were outstanding signs. There is possibly a connection between the glucocorticoid deficiency over many years with normal mineralocorticoids and the auricular cartilage ossification.
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D000328:Adult; D004431:Ear, External; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D007007:Hypohidrosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications*; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D013006:Growth Hormone
Verknöcherung der Ohrmuschel bei partieller Hypophyseninsuffizienz Mit selektivem ACTH- und STH-Mangel.