IS CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA DUE TO 21- HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY DECEPTIVE DISEASE? MANAGEMENT AND DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROME IN ADULTS
Journal Title: Праці Наукового товариства ім. Шевченка - Year 2017, Vol 50, Issue 1
Abstract
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase defi ciency is one of the most common autosomal recessive hereditary diseases. The lack of cortisol synthesis leads to excessive stimulation of the adrenal glands by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). Moreover the impairment of cortisol synthesis results in adrenal hyperplasia and excessive androgen synthesis. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is characterised by a considerable correlation between the genotype and the phenotype with the type of CYP21A2 gene mutation affecting the severity of 21-hydroxylase defi ciency. The clinical manifestations of congenital adrenal hyperplasia in adults result from adrenocortical insuffi ciency, hyperandrogenism, and the adverse effects of glucocorticosteroids, which are used for the treatment of the syndrome. Non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia may sometimes be asymptomatic. Patients with classic congenital adrenal experience a wide variety of symptoms, including obesity, hyperinsulinaemia, insulin resistance, and hyperleptinaemia. These abnormalities promote the development of metabolic syndrome and its sequelae, including endothelial dysfunction, and cardiovascular disease. The symptoms are more often seen in patients suffering from congenital adrenal hyperplasia syndrome than in the general population. Long-term glucocorticosteroid treatment is also a known risk factor for many diseases, for instance osteoporosis. Patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia require constant monitoring of biochemical parameters (17a-hydroxyprogesterone [17-OHP] and androstenedione), clinical parameters (Body Mass Index, waist circumference, blood pressure, glucose, and lipids), and bone mineral density by densitometry. Appropriate treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia is extremely important. The principal goal of treatment in adults with CAH is to improve quality of life, ensure that they remain fertile, reduce the manifestations of hyperandrogenisation in females. Furthermore it is key to reduce the adverse effects of medicaments used for therapy of the CAH syndrome. Patients with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia require treatment with glucocorticosteroids and, in cases of salt wasting, also with a mineralocorticosteroid. Radical measures, such as bilateral adrenalectomy, are very rarely needed. Asymptomatic patients with non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia require monitoring; treatment is not always necessary. Medical care for patients suffering from congenital adrenal hyperplasia should be provided by reference centres, as the management of such patients requires collaboration between an endocrinologist, diabetologist, gynaecologist, andrologist, urologist, and psychologist.
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Anna Nowak
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- DOI 10.25040/ntsh2017.02.048
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