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. 2018 Jun 14;89(6):413–422. doi: 10.1159/000488347

Table 1.

Clinical features of 12 girls with Turner syndrome and hyperinsulinism

Case Birth weight1 Age at hyperinsulinism presentation Diazoxide response Pancreatectomy Age at Turner syndrome diagnosis Current age, years Current status
1 3.1 kg at 37 weeks (50th–90th percentile) 2 months 90% at 8.5 months 10 years 44 diabetes at age 32

2 4.0 kg at 42 weeks (>90th percentile) 1 day + 6 years 33 stopped diazoxide at 2 years

3 2.6 kg at 38 weeks (10th–50th percentile) 2 days 95% at 18 months 9 months 12 normoglycemic

4 3.6 kg at 39 weeks (>90th percentile) 4 months 5 months 11 overnight feeds stopped at 5.5 years

5 1.5 kg at 34 weeks (<10th percentile) 1 day 8 months 11 normoglycemic

6 2.5 kg at 39 weeks (10th–50th percentile) 5 months + 12 months 7 diazoxide stopped at 5.5 years

7 3.2 kg at 40 weeks (50th–90th percentile) 2 days 50% at 3 months prenatal 4 limited fasting and continued overnight feeds

8 3.2 kg at 38 weeks (50th–90th percentile) 1 day 9 months 3 tube feedings and lanreotide

9 2.3 kg at 37 weeks (10th–50th percentile) 1 day + prenatal 1 diazoxide

10 1.9 kg at 36 weeks (10th–50th percentile) 1 day + 15 days 1 diazoxide

11 2.4 kg at 36 weeks (10th–50th percentile) 1 day + prenatal 1 limited fasting

12 2.8 kg at 39 weeks (50th–90th percentile) 7 days + prenatal 7/12 diazoxide
1

Birth weight percentiles based on an Italian nationwide survey of Turner Syndrome patients [17].