. Endocrinology. below. X-ray: Plate of Chest—Negative except that small bones showdelayed development. Plate of Skull—Negative; sphenoidal angle 152;third molars show delayed development. Plate of Arms and Hands—Epiphyses show development of about 15 years. Long bones are short. 241 REPORT OF FIVE CASES OF PREADOLESCENT HYPO-PITUITARISM OF THE FROEHLICH TYPE-DYSTROPHIA ADIPOSO-GENITALIS (Prostate absent in four and small in one)Case No. 9 (See Figure No. 7). U. C. O. P. D. No. 66913, R. H.,boy, aged 10 years, t roehlichs Hypopituitarism Associated withFeeblemindedness and Absence of the
. Endocrinology. below. X-ray: Plate of Chest—Negative except that small bones showdelayed development. Plate of Skull—Negative; sphenoidal angle 152;third molars show delayed development. Plate of Arms and Hands—Epiphyses show development of about 15 years. Long bones are short. 241 REPORT OF FIVE CASES OF PREADOLESCENT HYPO-PITUITARISM OF THE FROEHLICH TYPE-DYSTROPHIA ADIPOSO-GENITALIS (Prostate absent in four and small in one)Case No. 9 (See Figure No. 7). U. C. O. P. D. No. 66913, R. H.,boy, aged 10 years, t roehlichs Hypopituitarism Associated withFeeblemindedness and Absence of the Prostate. History: Patient was one of twins, full term; first talked at theage of two and a half years; first walked at three; always fat andheavy; never played with other children; good natured; mentallyapathetic, eyes always crossed; could not read; only spoke phrases; nosentences; neither constructive nor destructive; ravenous appetite;sleepy. Measles, pertussis, pneumonia three times; circumcision, ton-. Figuie 7 (Cases !) mid 10). Twins, age 10 ; note feminine eonfiguration—in-fantile genitalia and adiposity : Froelich : mental age 3 years ; no prostate felt ineither. sillectomy and adenoidectomy. Fat boy with large quadrangular skull,coarse dry hair, female contour, broad pelvis, enlarged mammae,marked mons veneris; female contour of external genitalia, with penisin position of enlarged clitoris, no hypospadia, external genitals infan-tile; large feet and pudgy hands with marked muscular hypotonicity;tache cerebrale dermatographia. A^o prostate was felt rectally. The mental age was from threeto four years, or six years retardation. The laboratory findings were: Blood Pressure: 118/62. 242 ABSENCP] OK TlioSTATE AND EXDOCKINES Urine: Negative. Blood Picture: Negative. Wassennann: Negative. Von Pirquet: Negative. Blood sugar curve: Fasting per cent; one-half hour per cent; one and one-half hour per cent; two and one-halfhours later per c
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