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Zorluk: OrtaPediatric Endocrine Disorders

Correlate each distinct clinical and laboratory vignette with its most accurate diagnosis.

  • A 2-week-old female newborn with ambiguous genitalia, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, and markedly elevated 17-hydroxyprogesterone.21-hydroxylase deficiency
  • A 6-month-old infant with failure to thrive, severe polyuria, hypernatremia, and dilute urine that remains dilute following desmopressin administration.Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
  • A 14-year-old male with delayed puberty, lack of sense of smell, prepubertal testicular volume, and inappropriately low luteinizing and follicle-stimulating hormones.Kallmann syndrome
  • A 7-year-old female with rapid linear growth, isolated breast development, advanced bone age, and luteinizing hormone levels that rise significantly after gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) stimulation.Central precocious puberty

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The presentations match as follows: The virilized neonate with salt wasting has 21-hydroxylase deficiency; the infant with vasopressin-resistant polyuria has nephrogenic diabetes insipidus; the anosmic teen with delayed puberty has Kallmann syndrome; and the child with early maturation and robust GnRH response has central precocious puberty.
Each vignette provides pathognomonic clinical features and laboratory findings that map specifically to a single pediatric endocrine disorder, differentiating it from similar conditions based on distinct physiological principles.

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1
Analyze the neonatal presentation involving virilization and electrolyte abnormalities.
Identified as 21-hydroxylase deficiency.
The combination of elevated 17-hydroxyprogesterone and salt-wasting is specific to this form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
2
Evaluate the infant with polyuria and a failed desmopressin response.
Identified as nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
Lack of urine concentration following desmopressin rules out central diabetes insipidus.
3
Assess the teenager with delayed puberty and anosmia.
Identified as Kallmann syndrome.
Anosmia paired with low gonadotropins (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism) points directly to a failure of GnRH neuron migration.
4
Review the child with early puberty and a positive GnRH stimulation test.
Identified as central precocious puberty.
A robust luteinizing hormone increase post-GnRH confirms central activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.

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Clinical presentation and diagnostic testing in pediatric endocrine disorders
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