craniopharyngioma/アルギニン

Sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma (SNTC) is a rare, aggressive, histologically heterogeneous neoplasm of the paranasal sinuses and nasopharnyx of adults that is composed of variably benign or malignant neuroepithelial, epithelial, and mesenchymal elements. Occasional cases show intracranial extension

A 3-year-old girl presented with osmotic demyelination syndrome after undergoing uneventful neuroendoscopic cystostomy for a growing cystic suprasellar craniopharyngioma following microscopic subtotal resection 1 year previously. Endocrinopathy had well been controlled by hormone replacement therapy

We evaluated the GH-releasing effect of GHRH plus arginine (ARG) in 36 patients (22 males and 14 females) with acquired GH deficiency including idiopathic inflammatory pituitary stalk thickness (n = 15), Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) affecting the hypothalamic-pituitary area (n = 11), and

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the characteristics of GH deficiency (GHD) in adult patients after neurosurgery for pituitary adenomas and craniopharingiomas. One hundred and one GHD patients, (42 F/59 M), aged 47.58+/-14.4 yr (mean+/-SD; range 21-78), body mass index (BMI) 28.6+/-0.6,

Management of craniopharyngiomas is still controversial. 28 children with this tumor were studied. GH deficiency was present in 22 patients following surgery, 10 of these GH-lacking patients had normal or accelerated growth (usually associated with rapid weight gain) postoperatively. Somatomedin

We studied insulin-like growth factors (IGF) I and II, prolactin, and the insulin response to arginine in 19 children with craniopharyngioma and documented growth hormone deficiency. Patients were divided into three groups according to their growth rate during the first postoperative year. Seven

A patient is described who developed diabetes insipidus during pregnancy. During a revised Carter test performed at 36 wk gestation using DDAVP (1-desamino-8-D-arginine-vasopressin), uterine activity was recorded with a maximum activity of 120 Montevideo Units. The induction of uterine activity by

A case is presented of a pregnancy complicated by a suprasellar mass diagnosed at 27 weeks' gestation. This patient developed diabetes insipidus, which was successfully treated with 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone and ACTH stimulation tests were also abnormal,

OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate pediatric patients with localized primary brain tumors for evidence of endocrinopathy before radiotherapy (RT). METHODS Seventy-five pediatric patients were evaluated with the arginine tolerance test and L-dopa test for growth hormone secretory capacity and

Evaluation of single-dose metyrapone tests in children with hypopituitarism; comparison with the prolonged metyrapone and insulin induced hypoglycaemia tests and their relationship with the etiology of hypopituitarism. Acta Paediatr Scand, 65:177, 1976.--Pituitary-adrenal reserve was evaluated in

OBJECTIVE To develop a mathematical model utilizing more readily available measures than stimulation tests that identifies brain tumor survivors with high likelihood of abnormal growth hormone secretion after radiotherapy (RT), to avoid late recognition and a consequent delay in growth hormone

OBJECTIVE The Dutch National Registry of GH Treatment in Adults was established in 1998 as an initiative of the Ministry of Health. The main goals were to gain more insight into long-term efficacy, safety, and costs of GH therapy (GHT) in adult GH-deficient (GHD) patients in The

The effect of synthetic alpha-MSH injected intravenously in a uniform dose of 3 mg was studied in 19 prepubertal children. A marked growth hormone (GH) response was seen only in 2 out of 8 constitutionally small children with a normal GH response to insulin and arginine stimulation. Three of of 11

Purpose: To increase knowledge for the early differential diagnosis and accurate therapeutic strategies for pediatric patients with sellar or suprasellar region (SSR) lesions who initially present with central diabetes insipidus (CDI). Methods: This is a retrospective review of 55