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| Issue : 1 | Page : 101-103 |
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Short stature and an interesting association
Latha Magatha Sneha, Kishore Thanasegarapandian, Venkataraman Paramasivam, Julius Xavier Scott
Department of Pediatrics, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Julius Xavier Scott
Department of Pediatrics, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai - 600 116, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.112919
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Untreated hypothyroidism in children usually results in delayed puberty, but juvenile hypothyroidism causes isosexual precocious puberty in a rare syndrome called Van Wyk Grumbach syndrome, with a complete reversal to the pre pubertal state following thyroid hormone replacement therapy. We report here, a 7-year-old girl who presented with short stature, constipation and isosexual precocious puberty due to the long standing untreated severe hypothyroidism with this syndrome. |
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