Hipercrecimiento y déficit de hormona del crecimiento tras tratamiento para el craneofaringioma

López Siguero, J.P.; García García, E.; Martínez-Aedo y, M.J.; Martínez Valverde, A.

doi:10.1016/S1695-4033(00)77418-2

Anales de Pediatría (English Edition)

ISSN: 2341-2879

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Algunos niños continúan creciendo bien o experimentancrecimiento excesivo tras la extirpación de un craneo-faringioma, a pesar de tener deficiencias de hormona delcrecimiento. Presentamos el caso de una niña diagnosticada a los 4 años de craneofaringioma con extensión supraselar. Tras la intervención presentó hipopituitarismo múltiple. En los 5 años siguientes creció entre 8,4 y 10,6 cm/año. Después la velocidad de crecimiento disminuyó progresivamente hasta 1,2 cm/año, incrementándose de nuevo a 9,3 cm/año tras instaurar tratamiento con hormona del crecimiento.

Palabras clave:

Craneofaringioma

Crecimiento

Déficit de hormona del crecimiento

Some children grow normally or excessively after extirpation of a craniopharyngioma, despite growth hormone deficiency. We report a 4-year-old girl with suprasellar craniopharyngioma. Removal of the tumor resulted in panhypopituitarism. For the next 5 years growth continued at a rate of 8.4-10.6 cm/year and then decreased progressively to 1.2 cm/year. Administration of growth hormone increased growth rate to 9.3 cm/year.

Key words:

Craniopharyngioma

Growth

Growth hormone deficiency

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