Open AccessAN AUTOPSY CASE OF LAURENCE‐MOON‐BIEDL SYNDROME WITH PITUITARY EOSINOPHILIC ADENOMA
Author(s) -
Hiraki Shunkichi,
Tsutsumi Akira,
Tsuroi Shuhei
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1971.tb00134.x
Subject(s) - medicine , acromegaly , pituitary adenoma , eosinophilic , autopsy , girl , retinitis pigmentosa , pediatrics , complication , pathology , adenoma , endocrinology , growth hormone , ophthalmology , hormone , psychology , developmental psychology , retinal
A report was made on a 21‐year‐old girl who had Laurence‐Moon‐Biedl syndrome (retinitis pigmentosa, obesity, hypogenitalism, mental retardation and hereditary nature), pituitary eosinophilic adenoma, acromegaly and diabetes mellitus and died of delayed radionecrosis of the brain. The authors discussed on the complication of Laurence‐Moon‐Biedl syndrome and pituitary eosinophilic adenoma and their relation.