Question 341 · LEK · Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia may be detected in a screening test of a newborn when a dried blood spot test reveals:
- A. increased ACTH.
- B. ionic disorders: hypernatraemia and hypokalaemia.
- C. hypoglycaemia.
- D. increased 17-hydroxyprogesterone.
- E. increased cortisol.
Hint
The most common form is 21-hydroxylase deficiency; think about which steroid precursor accumulates proximal to the enzymatic block.
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