Testicular descent related to growth hormone treatment.
An 8.7 year-old boy with cryptorchidism and growth hormone (GH) deficiency due to septooptic dysplasia presented testicular descent related to the commencement of hGH treatment. This case suggests a role for GH in testicular descent.
Papadimitriou
Anastasios
A
Endocrinology Clinic, Penteli Children's Hospital, Palea Penteli, Athens, Greece. lix@ath.forthnet.gr
Fountzoula
Ioanna
I
Grigoriadou
Despina
D
Christianakis
Stratos
S
Tzortzatou
Georgia
G
D002648:Child; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000502:physiology; D013737:Testis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development
D019382:Human Growth Hormone