title: Intermittent growth attenuation: is this a sign of craniopharyngioma?
abstract: We present two young children eventually diagnosed with large craniopharyngiomas, who had a normal growth velocity for several years following an initial short period of growth attenuation. These cases suggest the need for a low threshold to undertake hormonal evaluation of patients who present with a past history of growth attenuation.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Endocrine Unit, MassGeneral Hospital for Children and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. mmisra@partners.org
authors.forename: Madhusmita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: Lynne L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Levitsky
mesh_terms: D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D002648:Child; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 / Q000032:analysis; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I