[Excessive growth and growth hormone deficiency after treatment for craniopharyngioma].
Some children grow normally or excessively after extirpation of a craniopharyngioma, despite growth hormone deficiency. We report a 4-year-old girl with suprasellar craniopharyngioma. Removal of the tumor resulted in panhypopituitarism. For the next 5 years growth continued at a rate of 8.4-10.6 cm/year and then decreased progressively to 1.2 cm/year. Administration of growth hormone increased growth rate to 9.3 cm/year.
López Siguero
J P
JP
Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Materno-Infantil Carlos Haya, Málaga.
García García
E
E
Martínez-Aedo
M J
MJ
Martínez Valverde
A
A
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005877:Gigantism / Q000209:etiology*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*
D013006:Growth Hormone