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MACROGENITOSOMIA PRECOX ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERPLASIA OF THE ANDROGENIC TISSUE OF THE ADRENAL AND DEATH FROM CORTICOADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY CASE REPORT 1

1940; Oxford University Press; Volume: 26; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1210/endo-26-3-385

1945-7170

Lawson Wilkins, Walter Fleischmann, John Eager Howard,

Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders

THE PATIENT, D. R. W. (H.L.H. A. 8619), was referred to Dr. T. Campbell Goodwin, at the Harriet Lane Home by Dr. Robert R. Harriss, of Hollywood, Florida. On admission, October 11, 1938, the boy was 3 years and 7 month, old. The father, aged 34 years, was normal except for a cardiac ailment. The mother, aged 32 years, was well except for slight irregularity of her menses.There were no evidences of any endocrine disorder in either parent, and no consanguinity. Prior to the patient's birth, the mother had given birth to a child described by Dr. Leigh F. Robinson, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as presenting the characteristic abnormalities of a female pseudohermaphrodite,2 who had died at the age of 5 weeks. During the period of gestation the mother had presented no abnormalities. The patient's birth was normal. His first teeth erupted at 5 months. He did not sit alone until the 11th month.