Arun Kumar Choudhury1, Binoy Kumar Mohanty2, Anoj Kumar Balirsinha3, Swayamsidha Mangaraj4, Subash Ranjan Behera5
BACKGROUND
Short stature is one of the common causes of referral of children to endocrine unit. It may result due to various causes and elucidating the exact cause is necessary to formulate the right therapy.
OBJECTIVE
To study the various aetiologies and clinical presentation of patients presenting with short to a tertiary care hospital.
DESIGN
Cross sectional study
MATERIAL AND METHODS
We collected and analysed the clinical, biochemical, radiological and hormonal data of 104 consecutive patients who presented to our department from January 2015 to March 2016 for evaluation of short stature.
RESULTS
Majority of the subjects studied belonged to 10-15 years group (44.23%) followed by 5-10 years age group (31.73%). The most common cause in our population was due to familial short stature (29.80%). The next common causes included chronic medical illness (23.08%) followed by hypothyroidism (13.46%). Majority of patients presenting for evaluation of short stature were males (60.58%).
CONCLUSIONS
Short stature is caused due to a multitude of causes. In our population, familial short stature was the most common aetiology.
