Ozen S, Aldemir O
Mersin Maternity and Children Hospital, Pediatric Endocrinology unit Mersin,Turkey.
Genet Couns. 2012;23(4):493-5.
The patient is a 2.8 years old male who is extremely obese and severe hyperphagic from birth. He had seizures attacks and apnea from the second week of his life. He has red hair and serum cortisol and ACTH levels are very low. We examined our patient as a hypocortisolism due to ACTH deficiency and central hypothyrodism. After the corticosteroid replacement therapy hair color changed to brown. We performed molecular genetic analysis at the Institue for Experimental Pediatric Endocrinology laboratory in Berlin, Germany by Krude H. and found compound heterozygous mutations. As a result the case is diagnosed as POMC deficiency.
该患者为一名2.8岁男性,自出生起即极度肥胖且食欲亢进。他从出生后第二周开始出现癫痫发作和呼吸暂停。他有红头发,血清皮质醇和促肾上腺皮质激素(ACTH)水平非常低。我们将该患者作为因ACTH缺乏导致的皮质醇减少症和中枢性甲状腺功能减退症进行了检查。在进行皮质类固醇替代治疗后,头发颜色变为棕色。我们在德国柏林的实验性儿科内分泌学研究所实验室由克鲁德·H.进行了分子遗传学分析,发现了复合杂合突变。结果,该病例被诊断为促黑素细胞激素原(POMC)缺乏症。