Sex Steroid Treatment of Constitutionally Tall Stature*

Sex steroid treatment of constitutionally tall stature.

Long term sequelae of sex steroid treatment in the management of constitutionally tall stature.

AIM To evaluate possible long term side effects of high doses of sex steroids in the management of constitutionally tall stature, with special attention to hypothalamic-gonadal function. METHODS Sixty four tall adult men and 180 tall adult women, who received supraphysiological doses of sex hormones during puberty, were interviewed in a standardised way at a mean follow up period of 10 years ...

Constitutionally tall stature with morphological abnormality of the pituitary gland.

We describe two male pubertal cases of constitutionally tall stature (CTS) with an enlarged pituitary gland or pituitary microadenoma. Both patients' basal serum growth hormone (GH) levels were normal. Neither had oversecretion of any other pituitary hormones. However, their serum GH levels were paradoxically increased in response to an intravenous administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormon...

Adult height in constitutionally tall stature: accuracy of five different height prediction methods.

The accuracy of height predictions at various ages based on five different methods (Tanner-Whitehouse mark I; Tanner-Whitehouse mark II; index of potential height; Bayley-Pinneau; Roche-Wainer-Thissen) was compared at yearly intervals with final height achieved in 32 boys (78 predictions) and 100 girls (227 predictions) with constitutionally tall stature. The boys were initially seen at a mean ...

Short and Tall Stature

Short or tall stature is primarily a normal variation of height. It is part of the continuum of the normal Gaussian distribution curve which defines the lower and upper limit of normal as the 3rd and 97th percentile. Within this context it is very important to differentiate normal variations in height and growth from pathological conditions. Normal variations in height are familial and idiopath...