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Case Reports
. 1995 Feb;154(2):109-11.
doi: 10.1007/BF01991911.

Growth retardation and reduced growth hormone secretion in a boy with achalasia

E Schober  1 , H Frisch
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Growth retardation and reduced growth hormone secretion in a boy with achalasia

E Schober et al. Eur J Pediatr. 1995 Feb.

Abstract

A 15-year-old boy with achalasia of the oesophagus is described in whom growth retardation was the presenting and misleading symptom. Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I secretion were decreased but GH therapy was unsuccessful. After pneumatic dilatation of the oesophageal sphincter catch up growth occurred.

Conclusion: In children with inconclusive results of GH stimulation tests and unresponsiveness to GH treatment, rare causes of growth retardation due to malnutrition or malabsorption should be considered.

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