Question 63 · LEK · Growth hormone deficiency
Which of the following can be found in a child with somatotropic pituitary insufficiency (growth hormone deficit):
1) low birth-weight;
2) normal bone and dental age;
3) decreased rate of growth at the preschool age;
4) signs of increased intracranial pressure caused by a tumor (e.g. craniopharyngioma).
The correct answer is:
2) normal bone and dental age;
3) decreased rate of growth at the preschool age;
4) signs of increased intracranial pressure caused by a tumor (e.g. craniopharyngioma).
The correct answer is:
- A. all the above.
- B. 1,2,3.
- C. 1,3,4.
- D. 2,3.
- E. 3,4.
Hint
Distinguish prenatal growth, which depends little on GH, from postnatal growth, and recall how GH deficiency affects skeletal maturation.
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