Extensive and largely reversible ischemic cerebral infarctions in a prepubertal child with hypertension and Cushing disease

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Jan;94(1):1-2. doi: 10.1210/jc.2008-1346.

Authors

Jil Huong Nguyen¹, Maya B Lodish, Nicholas J Patronas, Figen Ugrasbul, Margaret F Keil, Mary D Roberts, Jadranka Popovic, Constantine A Stratakis

Affiliation

¹ Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Program on Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
Cerebral Infarction / etiology*
Child
Humans
Hypertension / complications*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion / complications*

Grants and funding

Intramural NIH HHS/United States