Computed tomography in the early detection of congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia.
This paper describes the successful use of abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan in diagnosing congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia in a Japanese male with no virilization at 9 days of age. The CT unequivocally delineated massively enlarged adrenal glands of fat-tissue attenuation, enabling early replacement therapy.
Ogata
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Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Ishikawa
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Kohda
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Matsuo
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D000312:Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002786:Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme / Q000172:deficiency*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D006728:Hormones; D002786:Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme