Open AccessLEPRECHAUNISM (DONOHUE'S SYNDROME) – TWO AUTOPSY CASES
Author(s) -
Uematsu Kunio,
Morimura Yoshiyuki,
Matsumoto Keishi,
Koto Kiyoshi,
Tsujino Giichi,
Minagawa Junnosuke,
Miyaji Toru
Publication year - 1974
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.1440-1827.1974.tb00825.x
Subject(s) - autopsy , medicine , endocrine system , pathology , hormone , physiology , endocrinology
Two autopsy cases of female newborns with numerous morphologic and metabolic abnormalities were reported. These were considered Identical with a disorder which has been called leprechaunism or Donohue's syndrome, and were believed to be the first and second autopsy cases reported in this country. Although it has been presumed that these might be abnormalities of endocrine system or of metabolism, the authors could not find any factors which caused the disorder in spite of minute analysis of steroid hormones In urine, investigation of laboratory data as well as autopsy findings.