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KMID : 1036920170220030189
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Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism
2017 Volume.22 No. 3 p.189 ~ p.196
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in long-term survivors of childhood-onset craniopharyngioma
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Jung So-Yoon
Lee Yun-Jeong
Lee Hye-Jin
Lee Young-Ah
Moon Jin-Soo
Ko Jae-Sung
Yang Sei-Won
Shin Choong-Ho
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Abstract
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Purpose: Hypothalamic obesity in childhood-onset (CO-) craniopharyngioma patients may predispose to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This study reviewed the characteristics of NAFLD associated with CO-craniopharyngioma.
Methods: This study retrospectively reviewed 75 patients who underwent surgery for craniopharyngioma while younger than 15 years of age between 2000 and 2016.
Results: Elevated aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) above 40 IU/L was observed in 51 of the 75 (68%) CO-craniopharyngioma patients. Imaging studies were performed in 32 patients with elevated liver enzymes. The estimated prevalence of NAFLD in CO-craniopharyngioma was 47%. NAFLD was detected in 22 patients (male 59%, 4.3±4.0 years after first surgery). The mean age at the time of the initial operation was 9.1±2.9 years. Six patients (27.3%) were diagnosed within 1 year. Among the 19 patients with initial height and weight data, the body mass index (BMI) z-score (BMI_Z) at the time of diagnosis with NAFLD was 1.37±1.01 (range, -0.75 to 3.18), with 4 patients (18.2%) being overweight and 9 (40.9%) being obese. BMI_Z increased above BMI_Z at the time of the operation in 13 patients (68.4%). The increment in BMI_Z was 1.13 (range, 0.10?2.84). Seventeen patients did not receive growth hormone. An insulin-like growth factor-I level <3rd percentile was observed in 19 patients.
Conclusions: NAFLD is common in survivors of CO-craniopharyngioma and may develop earlier. If the ALT or AST is above 40 IU/L, a diagnostic work-up should be started.
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KEYWORD
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Child craniopharyngioma, Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Growth hormone deficiency, Hypothalamus, Obesity
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