Endocrinopathies in thalassemia major patient

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Lubis, D.A.^1,2 ; Yunir, E.M.^1

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia^1

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia^2

关键词: Blood transfusion;    Life expectancies;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012174/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012174

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Advanced in chelation therapy and regular blood transfusion have marked improvements in the life expectancy of patients with thalassemia major, however these patients still have to deal with several complications. We report a 19-year-old male, presented with multiple endocrine complication-related thalassemia; hypogonadism, short stature, osteoporosis with history of fracture, and subclinical hypothyroid.