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Reversible cardiomyopathy in an infant with unrecognized congenital adrenal hyperplasia
B A Boston1, C DeGroff, C E Hanna
1Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|June 1, 1994
Abstract:
We describe an infant who had a dilated cardiomyopathy and who was later found to have congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The cardiomyopathy resolved after replacement of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid. We believe that glucocorticoid deficiency may have played a direct role in the evolution of this cardiomyopathy.