[Psychosomal dwarfism with reversible growth hormone deficiency (author's transl)].
The diagnosis of psychosocial dwarfism in a 9 year-old boy with severe growth retardation (-6 1/2 standard deviations) was deduced from the typical history. The bone age was severely retarded and in the first days after admission a deficiency of growth hormone and other pituitary hormones was established. The change in environment per se led to a spontaneous reversal of the growth hormone deficiency within a short time. A rapid catch up growth was observed over the subsequent 2 1/2 years, as well as a normalisation of the psychological retardation.
D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D002648:Child; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000209:etiology*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation
D013006:Growth Hormone
Psychosozialer Minderwuchs mit passagerem Wachstumshormonmangel.