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Effect of growth hormone on fatty liver in panhypopituitarism
  1. Syoko Takano,
  2. Susumu Kanzaki,
  3. Masayoshi Sato,
  4. Toshihide Kubo,
  5. Yoshiki Seino
  1. Department of Paediatrics, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1, Shikata-cho Okayama 700, Japan
  1. Dr Kanzaki.

Abstract

A 17 year old boy was admitted because of short stature and hepatomegaly. He was diagnosed with panhypopituitarism and fatty liver. The fatty liver improved, not with hydrocortisone or levothyroxine treatment, but with growth hormone administration. The fatty liver in this patient was attributable to a growth hormone deficient state.

  • fatty liver
  • growth hormone
  • growth hormone deficiency
  • hypopituitarism

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.76.6.537

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