title: [A rare type of severe obesity in children and adolescents].
abstract: A four-year-old girl was referred to a paediatric department with low height, obesity and hypothyroidism. Her paraclinical tests were characteristic with elevated P-parathyroid hormone concentration, hypothyroidism, growth hormone deficiency, abnormal phenotype with brachydactyly, tooth problems and mental retardation, which led to a suspicion of Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO). The diagnosis was verified by molecular genetic testing. Less than 1% of children with obesity have an endocrine disorder, and AHO is one of them.
authors.affiliation: saraoestergaard@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Sara Østergaard
authors.initials: SØ
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: Hanne Buciek
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Hove
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D059327:Brachydactyly / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D011547:Pseudohypoparathyroidism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology