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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1971;14(5):313-318. Published online May 31, 1971.

A Case Report of Congenital Adrenogenital Syndrome

Chung Kyu Kim¹, Kwang Ho Pyun¹, Kyung Tai Whang¹, Sung Hoon Cho¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

This is a case report of the hypertensive form of adrenogenital syndrome. The patient was a 3 years old boy who entered at Department of Pediatrics, St. Mary’s hospital on July 1, 1969 with the episodes of accelerated growth, enlargement of penis' and appearence of pubic hair. At birth, the patient showed no obvious abnormalitier in external genitalia. His height and bone age on admission were 121 cm and compatible with 10 years old. Acne was seen on face especially forehead. His phallus was enlarged and the pigmentation of nipples, scrotum and phallus was increased with the appearence of pubic hair. The blood pressure was 180 110 mmHg, and serum potassium was 2. 4mEq L. The eycretion of urinaly 17-Ketosteroids in 24-hours period was 11. 7 mg before treatment. This patient had the clinical evidence strongly suggesting for the defect of 11-hydroxylation. A brief review of literature was made.

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