title: Short stature and an interesting association.
abstract: Untreated hypothyroidism in children usually results in delayed puberty, but juvenile hypothyroidism causes isosexual precocious puberty in a rare syndrome called Van Wyk Grumbach syndrome, with a complete reversal to the pre pubertal state following thyroid hormone replacement therapy. We report here, a 7-year-old girl who presented with short stature, constipation and isosexual precocious puberty due to the long standing untreated severe hypothyroidism with this syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Latha Magatha
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sneha
authors.forename: Kishore
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thanasegarapandian
authors.forename: Venkataraman
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Paramasivam
authors.forename: Julius Xavier
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Scott
keywords: Hypothyroidism; precocious puberty; short stature
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