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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 50, 1341-1347, Copyright © 1989 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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TPN-induced catch-up of growth in a 22-y-old male with radiation enteritis

CD Flombaum and YN Berner
Nutrition Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021.

Nutritional rehabilitation of malnourished children with growth arrest is generally associated with a catch-up of growth but the occurrence of this compensatory phenomenon in adulthood is not well recognized. We investigated a case of maturation and growth acceleration secondary to nutritional intervention in a 22-y-old patient. After treatment for a rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder at age 7 y, the patient developed severe malabsorption secondary to radiation enteritis and short bowel syndrome. As a result of profound malnutrition, growth and maturation were severely impaired. Initiation of home total parenteral nutrition at age 22 y led to an increase in height, substantial weight gain, advancement of bone age, and sexual maturation evidenced by appearance of secondary sex characteristics and normalization of hormone concentrations. The development of signs of puberty and a growth spurt appearing at this late age clearly show the potential for maturation and growth once malnutrition is corrected.




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