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Sensorineural Deafness in Congenital Hypopituitarism with Severe Hypothyroidism
Author(s) -
LUCA F. DE,
ARRIGO T.,
MANGIONE O. A.,
MAIOLINO M. G.,
MURITANO M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1985.tb10939.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypopituitarism , sensorineural hearing loss , pediatrics , hearing loss , thyroid , congenital hypothyroidism , audiology , endocrinology
. Marked sensorineural hearing loss was documented in an 18‐year‐old boy with untreated congenital anterior panhypopituitarism. The clinical manifestations of the hypothalamic thyroid failure were unusually severe in this patient. Seemingly this is the first case report of perceptive‐cochlear deafness in a subject with non primary congenital hypothyroidism.