title: Multiple Pituitary Hormone Deficiency, Empty Sella and Ectopic Neurohypophysis in Turner Syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Multiple pituitary hormone deficiency and Turner syndrome have overlapping features in peripubertal girls and is a diagnostic challenge.
  
  
  METHODS
  16-year-old girl having Turner phenotype undergoing evaluation for severe short stature and pubertal arrest.
  
  
  METHODS
  45,X karyotype, and multiple pituitary hormone deficiency with empty sella.
  
  
  METHODS
  Levothyroxine, growth hormone and ethinyl-estradiol replacement resulted in 11 cm height gain with attainment of puberty over 2 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients of Turner syndrome with height <3rd percentile (Turner specific charts) warrant additional pathology evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) Hospital, India. Correspondence to: Dr Deep Dutta, Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, PGIMER and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, 1 Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi 110001, India. deepdutta2000@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Deep
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Chitra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Selvan
authors.forename: Satinath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome; D005260:Female; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000172:deficiency*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism; D014424:Turner Syndrome
chemical_list: D006062:Gonadotropins; D013006:Growth Hormone