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ea0029p1080 | Neuroendocrinology | ICEECE2012

CT Scan of the anterior skull base in Kallmann syndrome reveals specific ethmoid abnormalities

Maione L. , Benadjaoud S. , Ducreux D. , Sinisi A. , Chanson P. , Benoudiba F. , Young J.

Context: Kallmann syndrome (KS) is a developmental disease associating congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) and sense of smell impairment owing to olfactory structures (OS) aplasia/hypoplasia. Although rhinencephalic MRI allows to detect specific KS OS abnormalities useful to discriminate KS from normosmic CHH (nCHH), this technique is not efficient enough to study anterior skull bone structures.Objectives: To search for specific anterior skull...