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Pituitary dwarfism


Pituitary dwarfism: Dwarfism caused by a lack of growth hormone, usually due to malfunction of the pituitary gland.
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Pituitary dwarfism involves abnormally short stature with normal body proportions caused by a deficiency of growth hormone.
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Pituitary dwarfism is caused by an insufficiency of the pituitary growth hormone (hypopituitary dwarfism). Typically, the pituitary dwarf stops growing in early childhood but retains normal body proportion, mental capacity, and sexual development.
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Panhypopituitarism; Dwarfism; Pituitary dwarfism
Symptoms:
Slowed or absent increase in height
Slow growth before age 5
Short stature -- below 5th percentile on a standardized growth chart, an adult less than 5 feet tall ...
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Endocrine diseases, including problems with the thyroid, pituitary (pituitary dwarfism), adrenal, pancreas, or sexual glands ...
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Growth hormone deficiency is sometimes called pituitary dwarfism. Short stature may be a normal expression of a person’s genetic potential and, therefore, the growth rate is normal.
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