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A woman in her late 20s developed persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) following a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) sustained in a motor vehicle collision. Symptoms included daily headaches, cognitive and physical fatigue and vision disturbances, which persisted despite extensive rehabilitation and medical interventions by multiple specialists. At 20 months post-mTBI, an endocrinological assessment confirmed post-traumatic growth hormone deficiency (GHD) through provocative glucagon stimulation testing (GST) revealing a peak GH level of 1.2 µg/L, and recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy was initiated. The patient's fatigue and overall quality of life improved on treatment, but therapy was paused during pregnancy and breastfeeding. After giving birth, the patient requested a re-evaluation for GHD before resuming treatment. Remarkably, provocative testing revealed spontaneous recovery of the hypothalamic-pituitary-somatotropic axis with a peak GH level of 18.0 µg/L, and rhGH therapy was discontinued.
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Shanxi Key Laboratory of Nucleic Acid Biopesticides, Institute of Applied Biology, Shanxi University, Shanxi, China. Electronic address:
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Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment, College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
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