Effect of growth hormone on fatty liver in panhypopituitarism.
A 17 year old boy was admitted because of short stature and hepatomegaly. He was diagnosed with panhypopituitarism and fatty liver. The fatty liver improved, not with hydrocortisone or levothyroxine treatment, but with growth hormone administration. The fatty liver in this patient was attributable to a growth hormone deficient state.
Takano
S
S
Department of Paediatrics, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Kanzaki
S
S
Sato
M
M
Kubo
T
T
Seino
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D013006:Growth Hormone; D013974:Thyroxine; D006854:Hydrocortisone