Maternal uniparental disomy of the chromosome 14: need for growth hormone provocative tests also when a deficiency is not suspected.


Journal

BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 May 2019
Historique:
entrez: 13 5 2019
pubmed: 13 5 2019
medline: 18 12 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Uniparental disomy (UPD) is a congenital disease characterised by the presence of two homologous chromosomes inherited from one parent in a diploid offspring. Maternal UPD of the chromosome 14 (UPD(14)mat, Temple syndrome) is a rare disorder with heterogeneous clinical presentation. Here, we report a case of UPD(14)mat with a small supernumerary marker chromosome in a 6-year-old baby girl, presenting endocrinological disorders and incomplete clinical presentation. She came to our attention because of precocious beginning of pubarche and normal stature. Most of Temple syndrome signs were lacking. Provocative tests diagnosed incomplete growth hormone (GH) response and confirmed precocious puberty. One year treatment with recombinant human GH and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists proved successful, increasing height and arresting puberty. We recommend provocative tests for GH in UPD(14)mat as a GH deficiency can be hidden by a concurrent precocious puberty. Concomitant human GH and GnRH analogue treatment can be pursued.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31079043
pii: 12/5/e228662
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228662
pmc: PMC6536159
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Triptorelin Pamoate 08AN7WA2G0
Human Growth Hormone 12629-01-5

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: None declared.

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Auteurs

Anna Tortora (A)

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.

Domenico La Sala (D)

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.

Fortunato Lonardo (F)

UOSD Genetica Medica, AO Rummo, Benevento, Italy.

Mario Vitale (M)

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.

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