Sensorineural deafness in congenital hypopituitarism with severe hypothyroidism

Acta Paediatr Scand. 1985 Jan;74(1):148-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1985.tb10939.x.

Abstract

Marked sensorineural hearing loss was documented in an 18-year-old boy with untreated congenital anterior panhypopituitarism. The clinical manifestations of the hypothalamic thyroid failure were unusually severe in this patient. Seemingly this is the first case report of perceptive-cochlear deafness in a subject with non primary congenital hypothyroidism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Audiometry
  • Congenital Hypothyroidism*
  • Deafness / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypopituitarism / congenital*
  • Male
  • Thyroid Hormones / blood

Substances

  • Thyroid Hormones