Jain Krisha, Honarius Shreya Siera, Reji Reema, Sangoi Ravi, Mutha Saurabh, Wanjari Mayur
Department of Internal Medicine, Government Medical College and General Hospital, Baramati, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India.
Bioinformation. 2024 Oct 31;20(10):1317-1320. doi: 10.6026/9732063002001317. eCollection 2024.
This case report presents a 6-year-old female with Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome, highlighting its astounding clinical presentations and the challenges in its diagnosis and management. Although the disease is rare, Van Wyk-Grumbach Syndrome can have a devastating and serious impact in young boys and girls by affecting their hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. The enhancement in the medical knowledge has shown promising results in the complete treatment of the condition and superior diagnostic accuracy with suitable and necessary interventions. Treatment of Van Wyk-Grumbach Syndrome remains solely through the hormone replacement therapy of thyroid, which usually leads to complete relief of symptoms. This case highlights the unusual clinical presentation of a young female patient with Van Wyk-Grumbach Syndrome, challenging the existing diagnostic profiles and highlighting the need for personalized assessment for the patient. Since the diagnosis of this syndrome is based on the USG, MRI, X-Ray findings, enhancement in these imagining techniques will lead to increased accuracy and reduced delay in its diagnosis. This case aims to enhance the understanding of Van Wyk-Grumbach Syndrome, its medical heterogeneity and the need to advance its diagnostic and interventional prospects.
本病例报告介绍了一名患有范·怀克-格伦巴赫综合征的6岁女性,突出了其惊人的临床表现以及诊断和管理方面的挑战。尽管该疾病罕见,但范·怀克-格伦巴赫综合征会影响青少年的下丘脑-垂体-性腺轴,对年轻男女产生毁灭性和严重影响。医学知识的进步在该疾病的彻底治疗以及通过适当且必要的干预实现更高的诊断准确性方面已显示出有希望的结果。范·怀克-格伦巴赫综合征的治疗仍然仅通过甲状腺激素替代疗法,这通常会使症状完全缓解。本病例突出了一名患有范·怀克-格伦巴赫综合征的年轻女性患者的不寻常临床表现,对现有的诊断概况提出了挑战,并强调了对患者进行个性化评估的必要性。由于该综合征的诊断基于超声、磁共振成像、X线检查结果,这些成像技术的进步将提高诊断准确性并减少诊断延迟。本病例旨在增进对范·怀克-格伦巴赫综合征、其医学异质性以及推进其诊断和干预前景需求的理解。