title: Congenital microgastria, growth hormone deficiency and diabetes insipidus.
abstract: Microgastria is a rare malformation of the stomach always associated with variable patterns of malformations of the lung, heart, aortic arch, skeleton, and central nervous system. Many cases present with asplenia and hepatic symmetry as well as intestinal malrotation. We report a first case of a 4.5-year-old girl with congenital microgastria in association with growth hormone deficiency, diabetes insipidus, brachyoesophagus, hernia of the diaphragm, gastro-oesophageal reflux, intestinal malrotation, enlarged symmetrical liver, asplenia, as well as mental and statomotor retardation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Congenital microgastria is always associated with malformations of other organs. Patients at any age presenting one of the symptoms: failure to thrive, vomiting, asplenia, midline defects and parts of the VACTERL association should be carefully examined to exclude microgastria.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Nuklearmedizin, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hernáiz Driever
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Göhlich-Ratmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Böhles
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013270:Stomach / Q000002:abnormalities*
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone