Pituitary dwarfism associated with morning glory syndrome and tanssphenoidal encephalocele: A case report.

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A case of pituitary dwarfism associated with morning glory syndrome and transsphenoidal encephalocele was reported. A 4-year-old boy visited our hospital because of dwarfism. He had been diagnosed as morning glory syndrome at 6 month of age. He was 90.2 cm tall (-3.5 SD) on admission. The hypothalamic-pituitary function was studied and growth hormone deficiency was revealed. Radiological studies showed transsphenoidal encephalocele extending into the epipharynx. It was concluded that pituitary dwarfism of this patient had been caused by transsphenoidal encephalocele.
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