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Hiperplasia suprarrenal congénita - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Síndrome genitosuprarrenal; Deficiencia de 21-hidroxilasa

Definición:

Se refiere a un grupo de trastornos hereditarios de las glándulas suprarrenales.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La hiperplasia suprarrenal congénita puede afectar tanto a los niños como a las niñas. Las personas que padecen esta afección carecen de una enzima requerida por la glándula suprarrenal para producir las hormonas cortisol y aldosterona.

Sin estas hormonas, el cuerpo produce más andrógenos, un tipo de hormona sexual masculina, lo cual ocasiona la aparición temprana (o inapropiada) de características masculinas.

Alrededor de 1 de cada 10.000 a 18.000 niños nacen con hiperplasia suprarrenal congénita.

  • Fecha de revisión: 5/15/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Chad Haldeman-Englert, MD, Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Related Disorders. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF. Kliegman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 577.

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