SUCCESSFUL USE OF METYRAPONE SUPPOSITORIES IN AN INFANT WITH NEONATAL CUSHING AND MCCUNE ALBRIGHT SYNDROME- A CASE REPORT

Horm Res Paediatr. 2023 Nov 24. doi: 10.1159/000535266. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

A female toddler was diagnosed at age ten months with peripheral precocious puberty and hypercortisolism related to McCune Albright Syndrome with additional systemic complications. We present the first successful, long-term use of metyrapone as suppositories, with striking clinical and biochemical improvement and no side-effects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports