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Isolation of Neonatal Extrahepatic Cholangiocytes
Published on: June 5, 2014
[Neonatal cholestasis and hypoglycemia like form of congenital hypopituitarism presentation]
Maren K Machado1, Alejandra Bernardini, Gustavo Giachetto
1Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La República, Departamento de Pediatría y Especialidades, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell, Montevideo, Uruguay. kmachado30@gmail.com
Abstract:
Congenital hypopituitarism is a rare disease, of variable clinic. The neonatal hypoglycemia is one of the habitual forms of presentation; the cholestasis is a rare symptom of this disease. This is the case of a 2-months-old infant hospitalized for cholestatic jaundice. He added repeated episodes of severe hypoglycemia. We investigated metabolic and endocrine causes. The etiology was clarified by obtaining a critical sample that demonstrated the counterregulatory hormone deficiency. The diagnosis of congenital hypopituitarism was completed with confirmation of thyroid hormone and growth hormone deficiencies. It was confirmed the neuro-anatomical defect of “syndrome of pituitary stalk section” determined by pituitary stalk agenesis, pituitary hipoplasia, and ectopic neurohypophysis. Hormone replacement therapy was started with good response and outcome.
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