Liver dysfunction and hypoglycaemia as presentations of hypopituitarism in a child

Endokrynol Pol. 2021;72(6):672-673. doi: 10.5603/EP.a2021.0079. Epub 2021 Oct 14.

Sara Fonseca^{1

2}, Tiago Magalhães^{3

4}, Beatriz Teixeira^{5

6}, Lurdes Lisboa⁷, Esmeralda Rodrigues⁸, Eunice Trindade⁹, Sofia Ferreira¹⁰, Carla Costa¹⁰, Cíntia Castro-Correia^{4

10}

¹ Pediatrics Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal. sara_fonseca7@hotmail.com.
² Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. sara_fonseca7@hotmail.com.
³ Pediatrics Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Pediatrics Department, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, Porto, Portugal.
⁶ Pediatrics Department, Centro Hospitalar De Trás-Os-Montes E Alto Douro, Portugal, Portugal.
⁷ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, São João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal, Portugal.
⁸ Reference Centre for Inborn Errors of Metabolism of São João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal.
⁹ Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Paediatrics Department, São João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal.
¹⁰ Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Paediatrics Department, São João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal.

Abstract

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Keywords: child; cholestatic jaundice; hypoglycaemia; hypopituitarism; liver dysfunction.