Rarely, it can present with unusual syndromes like VWGS and KDSS. [karger.com]

It is our ambition to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person. Disclaimer: Whonamedit? does not give medical advice. [whonamedit.com]

All rights reserved. ad·i·po·so·gen·i·tal dys·tro·phy a disorder characterized primarily by obesity and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism in adolescent boys; dwarfism is rare, and when present is thought to reflect hypothyroidism. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

He presented first with myopathy while bone involvement remained subclinical. The patient developed behavioral abnormalities in his 60s and showed frank personality change with fluent empty speech at the age of 74 years. [dustri.com]

• Pain

  […] small area Pain that usually occurs at rest Pain that accompanies anxiety Pain that is relieved or worsened when you change positions Pain that can be reproduced or worsened by pressing over the area of pain The bottom line “Be vigilant and get checked [uofmhealthblogs.org]

  In a confrontation between the two men, Vaughn knocked Haggard to the floor, causing a leg injury that resulted in chronic pain and permanent disability. [medhum.med.nyu.edu]

  Many of these procedures are done arthroscopically, which often means less pain, shorter rehabilitation and a quicker return to work. [lifespan.org]

  36), which is a self-administered 36-item questionnaire that was designed to evaluate and to quantify general health–related quality of life based on 8 scales to rate physical function, role limitations due to physical problems, social functioning, pain [emedicine.medscape.com]

  The patient complained of intermittent vaginal bleeding since the age of 4 years, which was associated with cramping abdominal pain, and each episode lasted for about 4-5 days. [karger.com]

• Weight Gain

  The symptoms of hypothalamic obesity vary by the cause and include uncontrollable hunger, rapid, excessive weight gain, and a low metabolic rate. [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

  The key signs and symptoms of Froelich’s Syndrome include: Increased appetite, leading to weight gain; uncontrolled appetite can cause morbid obesity Retarded physical growth and late skeletal development, resulting in obese and short stature Small and [dovemed.com]

  Discussion Primary hypothyroidism usually presents with subtle manifestations such as weight gain, poor concentration, depression, fatigue, muscular weakness, menstrual irregularities, short stature, etc. [ 1 ]. [karger.com]

• Tall Stature

  More obviously, the disorder is shown through long limbs (including fingers and toes), an elongated and thin face, tall stature and sometimes curvature of the spine. [joycefiler.wordpress.com]

  Skeletal abnormalities that have been noticed in Marfan's patients are a long face, an unusually tall stature, a short upper body in comparison to the lower body (because they have a short ribcage), and overgrown ribs. [heptune.com]

• Surgical Procedure

  This series of surgical procedures, performed from 1913 and 1922, led them to claim that both permanent polyuria and adiposogenital dystrophy are symptoms caused by damage to the ITR. [wikidoc.org]

• Malaise

  Usually, patients develop HELLP syndrome before 36 weeks of gestation with vague symptoms such as malaise (90%), right-upper-quadrant pain (90%), nausea, or vomiting [2]. The precise etiology of HELLP syndrome is not fully understood. [mdpi.com]

• Overeating

  By 1962, over 10,000 computers were Installed In the United States and, by the mid-sixties, about 30,000 were in place. Today, it is estimated that there are over 200,000 digital computers Installed throughout the world. [books.google.com]

  James Froehlich has been primarily specialized in Cardiovascular Disease for over 33 years of experience. [healthcare6.com]

  Join over one million U.S. Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and PAs, already on Doximity. [doximity.com]

• Polydipsia

  […] hypothalamus include: (1) pituitary craniopharyngioma (2) tuberculosis (3) encephalitis (4) hypothalamic tumor Clinical features: (1) obesity (2) growth retardation (3) reduced secretion of gonadotropin with hypogonadism (4) headaches (5) polyuria and polydipsia [medicalalgorithms.com]

  Headaches, retarded growth and sexual development; mental retardation, visual troubles; polyuria; polydipsia. It is usually associated with tumours of the hypothalamus, causing increased appetite and depressed secretion of gonadotropin. [whonamedit.com]

  Patients exhibit hyperphagia, polydipsia, and polyuria. Thought to be acquired, and appears in males more frequently than in women. Distinguish between primary hypogonadism and secondary hypogonadism for accurate diagnosis. [visualdx.com]

  Presentation[] It is characterized by: Obesity Growth retardation and retarded sexual development, atrophy or hypoplasia of the gonads, and altered secondary sex characteristics, Headaches Problems with vision polyuria, polydipsia. [en.wikibedia.ru]

• Failure to Thrive

  It is diagnosed more often in males born after a prolonged, delayed birth often in the breech position and is characterized by muscular weakness and failure to thrive during infancy. [hilarispublisher.com]

• Heart Disease

  Particularly in patients with ischaemic heart disease, major progress has been made to detect coronary artery disease in an early phase of the disease process, to follow the atherosclerotic changes in the coronary arteries, to establish the functional [books.google.com]

  Subjects with clinically overt coronary artery disease, defined as past myocardial infarction, PTCA or CABG, or ECG evidence of ischemic heart disease, were excluded from the present analyses. [ahajournals.org]

  In addition, patients are more likely to suffer from tetralogy of Fallot (congenital heart disease) and ventricular-septal defects. Prune Belly syndrome affects 1 in 30,000-40,000 newborns. [lifepersona.com]

  What fans the fire: Insights into mechanisms of leptin in metabolic syndrome-associated heart diseases. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2014;20:652-658. DOI: 10.2174/138161282004140213160930 45. Robinson K, Prins J, Venkatesh B. [intechopen.com]

• Abnormal Behavior

  Synaptic dysfunction and abnormal behaviors in mice lacking major isoforms of Shank3. Hum. Mol. Genet. 20, 3093–3108 (2011) 28. Paoletti, P., Bellone, C. & Zhou, Q. [nature.com]

• Polyuria

  This series of surgical procedures, performed from 1913 and 1922, led them to claim that both permanent polyuria and adiposogenital dystrophy are symptoms caused by damage to the ITR. [wikidoc.org]

  […] damage the hypothalamus include: (1) pituitary craniopharyngioma (2) tuberculosis (3) encephalitis (4) hypothalamic tumor Clinical features: (1) obesity (2) growth retardation (3) reduced secretion of gonadotropin with hypogonadism (4) headaches (5) polyuria [medicalalgorithms.com]

  Diagnosis Based on the clinical and biochemical features (low serum gonadotropin levels; positive vasopressin test for polyuria in the presence of diabetes insipidus [DI]). [accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com]

  Headaches, retarded growth and sexual development; mental retardation, visual troubles; polyuria; polydipsia. It is usually associated with tumours of the hypothalamus, causing increased appetite and depressed secretion of gonadotropin. [whonamedit.com]

  Patients exhibit hyperphagia, polydipsia, and polyuria. Thought to be acquired, and appears in males more frequently than in women. Distinguish between primary hypogonadism and secondary hypogonadism for accurate diagnosis. [visualdx.com]

• Headache

  Conditions that can damage the hypothalamus include: (1) pituitary craniopharyngioma (2) tuberculosis (3) encephalitis (4) hypothalamic tumor Clinical features: (1) obesity (2) growth retardation (3) reduced secretion of gonadotropin with hypogonadism (4) headaches [medicalalgorithms.com]

  Fröhlich originally described a 12-year-old boy with severe headache and vision impairment, delayed puberty, hypogonadism, and obesity associated with a tumor impinging on the hypothalamus. [accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com]

  Headaches, retarded growth and sexual development; mental retardation, visual troubles; polyuria; polydipsia. It is usually associated with tumours of the hypothalamus, causing increased appetite and depressed secretion of gonadotropin. [whonamedit.com]

  The condition is accompanied by dizziness, headaches, diminished libido and sexual potency, and impairment of vision. [encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com]

  Presentation[] It is characterized by: Obesity Growth retardation and retarded sexual development, atrophy or hypoplasia of the gonads, and altered secondary sex characteristics, Headaches Problems with vision polyuria, polydipsia. [en.wikibedia.ru]

• Seizure

  Impact of the anesthetic agents ketamine, etomidate, thiopental, and propofol on seizure parameters and seizure quality in electroconvulsive therapy: a retrospective study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2014;264(3):255–261. 30. [dovepress.com]

  Her father had four brothers and three sisters, two brothers and two sisters being normal, while the other two brothers were described as having deformities of the feet, one of them also having some kind of convulsive seizures; and the other sister went [jamanetwork.com]

  Medical/Special Healthcare Needs Social/Emotional Autism Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorder/Asperger Syndrome Cancer Cerebral Palsy Delayed Speech Down Syndrome Epilepsy Learning Disabilities Mental Illness Mobility Challenges Seizures [sittercity.com]

  Low blood tonicity leads to seizures and then to death. Correct it too fast by pushing in sodium, and your patient develops central pontine myelinolysis. Be sure you know what you're doing. [pathguy.com]

  Borjeson Syndrome Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome (BFLS) is a rare genetic condition characterized by intellectual disability, obesity, seizures, hypogonadism, developmental delay and distinctive facial features. [homeopathyworldcommunity.ning.com]

• Irritability

  Also the people concerned are irritable and less resilient but long term stress and geriatric depression can also lead to similar symptoms. [nar.uni-heidelberg.de]

  Introduction Agitation, referring to a syndrome involving emotional distress, excessive psychomotor activity, aggression, irritability, disinhibition, and/or vocal disruptive behaviors unexplained by apparent needs, or confusion,1,2 is a very common phenomenon [dovepress.com]

  Baseline characteristics of 30 randomized patients and the subpopulation of 22 patients who received all study drugs Tolerability Indomethacin caused GI intolerance (heartburn, dyspepsia, or gastric irritation) in six patients, resulting in early discontinuation [jasn.asnjournals.org]

• Somnolence

  As a result of tumor growth, some children with Froehlich syndrome may also develop intellectual difficulties, poor vision – due optic nerve damage-, somnolence, and diabetes insipidus – known as Infundibulo-tuberal syndrome (Froehlich+somnolence+diabetes [rarediseases.org]

• Lethargy

  Paradoxical to the other causes of sexual precocity, the patient also suffered from growth retardation for the same duration, which was associated with lethargy, dry skin, and constipation. [karger.com]

Workup Laboratory studies recommended in JS include urinalysis (for hematuria, proteinuria, defective urine concentrating capacity) and arterial blood gas ( ABG ) sampling (since hypoxia and hypercarbia in room air reflect severe restrictive lung disease [emedicine.medscape.com]

Mesalamine capsules for the treatment of active Crohn's disease: results of a 16-week trial. ‎ [books.google.com]

The initial treatment of the patient with oral potassium was not satisfactory. Treatment with acetylsalicylic acid was associated with some effect, and an allergic reaction led withdrawal of treatment. [peertechzpublications.com]

using paired t tests comparing 6-week on-treatment versus pretreatment values on all datasets of valid periods of treatments. [jasn.asnjournals.org]

The ECT treatment was tolerated well, with signs of headache after the first three sessions. In the third week of treatment, a single self-limiting, spontaneous generalized seizure was observed. [dovepress.com]

The prognosis of PBS is often determined by the presence and severity of pulmonary hypoplasia or kidney failure. [panafrican-med-journal.com]

Microchapters Home Patient Information Overview Historical Perspective Classification Pathophysiology Causes Differentiating Adiposogenital dystrophy from other Diseases Epidemiology and Demographics Risk Factors Screening Natural History, Complications and Prognosis [wikidoc.org]

[…] diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology, therapy Hypothalamic Diseases* / diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology, therapy Intracranial Hypertension* / diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology, therapy Obesity* / diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology, therapy Prognosis [biomedsearch.com]

[…] therapy Hypothalamic Diseases* / diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology, therapy Intracranial Hypertension* / diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology, therapy Obesity* / diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology, therapy Prognosis Syndrome Vision Disorders* / diagnosis [biomedsearch.com]

The original reference is provided for historical interest, and review articles are included to show recent advances in etiology and treatment. [books.google.com]

Radiologic examinations (x-ray, CT, MRI) may show delayed ossification of skeletal structures, suprasellar calcifications, or destruction, depending on the etiology. [accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com]

Causes There is currently no consensus on the exact etiology of Prune Belly syndrome, but there are two predominant non-contradictory theories. [lifepersona.com]

Adiposogenital dystrophy Microchapters Home Patient Information Overview Historical Perspective Classification Pathophysiology Causes Differentiating Adiposogenital dystrophy from other Diseases Epidemiology and Demographics Risk Factors Screening Natural [wikidoc.org]

Epidemiology It is rare with a frequency of about 1 in 30,000 live births.[1, 2] About 97% are boys. The precise form of inheritance is unknown. It may be variable and it may often represent a new mutation. [patient.info]

Arelationship between C-reactive protein (CRP), a sensitive marker of inflammation, and the development of atherosclerotic disease has been observed in experimental1234 and epidemiological studies.5678 It is still unknown, however, whether elevated CRP [ahajournals.org]

Partial or complete absence of the abdominal muscles Bilateral cryptorchidism Terminology Abdominal Muscle Deficiency Syndrome, Congenital Absence of the Abdominal Muscles, Eagle-Barrett Syndrome, Obrinsky Syndrome, Fröhlich Syndrome, Triad Syndrome Epidemiology [pathologyoutlines.com]

American Journal of Epidemiology. (143) 228–239. 7. Garrow JS, Webster J (1985). Quetelet’s index (W/H2) as a measure of fatness. International Journal of Obesity. 9: 147–153. 8. Kennedy A, Martinez K, Chuang C-C, LaPoint K, McIntosh M (2009). [old.zsf.jcu.cz]

Adiposogenital dystrophy Microchapters Home Patient Information Overview Historical Perspective Classification Pathophysiology Causes Differentiating Adiposogenital dystrophy from other Diseases Epidemiology and Demographics Risk Factors Screening Natural [wikidoc.org]

Pathophysiology This acquired disorder can be caused by several organic lesions of the hypothalamus (or more specifically, the infundibulo-tuberal region in the floor of the third ventricle), including tumors (approximately 40% of craniopharyngiomas are [accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com]

Triad Syndrome Epidemiology Rare, genetic birth defect affecting about 1 in 40,000 births 97% male Associated with twinning - 4% of all cases are products of twin pregnancies Associated with trisomy 18 and 21 Reference: Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2013;31:13 Pathophysiology [pathologyoutlines.com]

HELLP Syndrome—Holistic Insight into Pathophysiology. [mdpi.com]

The pathophysiology is probably related to the complex interaction between the hypothalamic-pituitary thyroid and gonadal axes [ 3, 6 ]. [karger.com]

Secondary Prevention Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy Future or Investigational Therapies Case Studies Case #1 Adiposogenital dystrophy historical perspective On the Web Most recent articles Most cited articles Review articles CME Programs Powerpoint slides [wikidoc.org]

Having time off the back of the head also helps prevent flattening of the babies head and abnormal head shape known as plagiocephaly. [dupagemedicalgroup.com]

Pharmacological Antibiotics to treat or prevent urinary tract infection. Surgical Renal transplantation may be required. Surgical repair can be quite complex. [patient.info]

[…] urinary tract infections Consistent self-catheterization, often several times per day, may also prevent infections A more drastic procedure is surgical "remodeling" of the abdominal wall and urinary tract Boys often require orchiopexy If renal failure [pathologyoutlines.com]

So what is usually recommended for risky patients without symptoms, namely real prevention and risk minimisation, might also play a role in the stage of the disease. [nar.uni-heidelberg.de]