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Two brothers with non-classical 21-hydroxylase deficiency: to treat or not to treat?
F Oberender1, G Rumsby, L A Perry
1Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Clinical Biochemistry, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
Abstract:
Variations in phenotype in 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) have cautioned against initiating treatment in the absence of abnormal clinical features. We report 2 Caucasian brothers with compound heterozygous mutations of the CYP21 gene and mild clinical and biochemical features of late-presenting 21OHD. The index case presented aged 8.5 years with mild genital virilization and bone age advanced by 5 years. Elevated basal and synacthen-stimulated 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP; 22.4 and 246 nmol/l) and androstenedione (10.9 and 19.9 nmol/l) levels confirmed 21OHD. His younger brother was investigated at age 7.3 years, and although examination showed normal pre-pubertal genitalia, basal and synacthen-stimulated 17OHP (32.4 and 281 nmol/l) and androstenedione (6.2 and 9.0 nmol/l) were abnormal, and bone age was advanced by 1.5 years. Because of actual or incipient virilization, both patients were treated with glucocorticoid replacement 8-12 mg/m(2)/day. This decision is discussed in the context of published guidelines for the management of 21OHD.
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