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SUBMITTER: Besouw MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2668588 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Besouw Martine T P MT Levtchenko Elena N EN Willemsen Michèl A A P MA Noordam Kees K
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 20070719 2
Juvenile cystinosis was diagnosed in a patient who presented with severe headache attacks and photophobia. Treatment with oral cysteamine and topical cysteamine eye drops was started. One-and-a-half years later, he developed unilateral gynecomastia and elevated prolactin and growth hormone levels. A pituitary macroprolactinoma was discovered and successfully treated with the dopamine agonist cabergoline. Increased serum growth hormone levels were attributed to enhanced growth hormone production ...[more]