Combination of Netherton Syndrome and Hypopituitarism with Isolated Somatotropin Deficiency: Case Study
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Abstract
Background . Netherton syndrome is a genetic disease characterized by combination of ichthyosiform erythroderma, hair growth abnormalities, and severe atopic dermatitis with a high total IgE levels in the blood serum. However, beside the described “triad", patients with Netherton syndrome can have growth and physical development delays. In most cases, it is associated with severe course of the underlying condition, but in some cases, the cause of short stature is hypopituitarism with somatotropin deficiency. Case description . The patient with confirmed Netherton syndrome was hospitalized with physical development delay and short stature, as well as a severe course of the underlying disease with ichthyosiform erythroderma development. Patient was administered with IL-4/13 inhibitor, dupilumab, according to the off-label indication due to severe Netherton’s syndrome course. Additional examination has revealed comorbid hypopituitarism with isolated somatotropin deficiency. Growth hormone therapy was prescribed. As a result of such combined treatment, we have achieved significant improvement in the patient’s condition. No clinically significant adverse events have been reported during therapy. Conclusion. Physical development delay in patients with Netherton syndrome is the reason for conducting research on the short stature causes. The combination of growth hormone therapy with genetically engineered biologic drug dupilumab is effective and safe, however, it requires multidisciplinary approach to the management of such patients.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.005 | 0.004 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.001 |
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