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However, additional disorders of secretion of other pituitary hormones reportedly develop over time, with a frequency of 2\u201394% (median, 16%). Furthermore, median times to development of other anterior pituitary hormone deficiencies have been reported to be 6.4\u20139.4\u2009years. On the other hand, adult patients affected by childhood-onset GHD reportedly develop impaired ventilation function due to reduced lung volumes and respiratory pressures, probably due to reductions in respiratory muscle strength. In addition, GH is known to play a role in stimulating the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and the estimated GFR (eGFR) is decreased in patients with GHD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>This case involved a 65-year-old woman. Her short stature had been identified at around 3\u2009years of age, but no effective treatments had been provided. The patient was mostly amenorrheic, and hair loss became apparent in her late 30s. She developed hyperuricemia, dyslipidemia, and hypertension at 45\u2009years of age. In addition, the patient was diagnosed with hypothyroidism at 50\u2009years of age. At 58\u2009years of age, endocrinological examination showed impaired secretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone\/follicle-stimulating hormone, and growth hormone, and magnetic resonance imaging showed an empty sella turcica. However, secretion ability of adrenocorticotropic hormone was retained. At 63\u2009years of age, respiratory function tests confirmed a markedly restricted ventilation disorder (vital capacity, 0.54\u2009L; percentage predicted vital capacity, 26.9%). Renal function had also decreased (eGFR, 25.0\u2009mL\/min\/1.73\u2009m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>). Furthermore, she was diagnosed with hypothalamic secondary hypoadrenocorticism. The patient developed CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>narcosis at 65\u2009years of age, and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation was started.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The rare case of a 65-year-old woman with childhood-onset GHD with panhypopituitarism, including late-onset secondary hypoadrenocorticism in her 60s, associated with severely impaired respiratory function and renal dysfunction, was reported. In GHD patients with risk factors for progression from isolated GHD to combined pituitary hormone deficiency, such as empty sella turcica, lifelong endocrinological monitoring may be important.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12902-020-0536-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,16]],"date-time":"2020-04-16T10:02:49Z","timestamp":1587031369000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Growth hormone deficiency with late-onset hypothalamic hypoadrenocorticism associated with respiratory and renal dysfunction: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Nami","family":"Kojima","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4830-7154","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nobuyuki","family":"Koriyama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Akinori","family":"Tokito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kazuma","family":"Ogiso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Koshi","family":"Kusumoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Satoshi","family":"Kubo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yoshihiko","family":"Nishio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"536_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"285","DOI":"10.1038\/nrendo.2018.22","volume":"14","author":"MB Ranke","year":"2018","unstructured":"Ranke MB, Wit JM. 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