Excessive suppression of serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) in patients treated for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH): 63

Increased salt appetite in patients with CAH - 21 - OH deficiency ( congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Salt appetite was investigated in 14 patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) of the salt-wasting form (SW), 12 with the simple virilized form that are not salt-losing, and 18 healthy siblings. Salt appetite was evaluated by questionnaire, preference tests, and dietary analyses. The findings showed that SW who were not therapeutically normalized, showed increased salt appetite, but no...

Testicular Adrenal Rest Tumors (TARTS) With Unusual Histological Features in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) patients with testicular adrenal rest tumors (TARTs) with testicular enlargement present a serious diagnostic challenge. According to the data TARTs are usually benign. They are rare, resulting in paucity in the medical literature regarding their pathological features. We report a case of bilateral synchronous mass-forming TARTs with marked cytological and n...

Linear growth in treated congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Diagnosis and prevalence of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) in Austrian children screened or not screened for CAH

Prevalence of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) is not exactly known in the Austria; a number of patients with CAH might not be diagnosed, especially males. CAH is in about 95 % of the cases due to a defect in the 21hydroxylation (‘classical CAH’). Newborn screening for CAH, based on the measurement of 17a-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) was shown to be efficient for diagnosis, and is part of t...

congenital adrenal hyperplasia: experience in iranian patients

results out of 617 patients, 79.6% had 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-ohd). in 21-ohd group 94.5% had classical type and 5.5% were non-classic. among the classic type 78% had salt-wasting form (sw) and 22% simple virilizing (sv). both 21-ohd-sv and sw were diagnosed more frequently in females. frequency of other types were as follow: 11-hydroxylase deficiency (11-ohd), 13.3%; 3ß-hydroxysteroid d...