[Precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartoma]. 2008

Magdalena Luba, and Artur Bossowski, and Justyna Kulikowska, and Mirosława Urban, and Maria Szarras-Czapnik, and Robert Rutkowski, and Tomasz Parol, and Tomasz Gasiorek, and Beata Sawicka, and Marcin Skrzydło
Koło Naukowe przy ll Klinice Chorób Dzieci UM w Białymstoku.

BACKGROUND Central precocious puberty is usually idiopathic. Appearance of the precocious puberty symptoms in early childhood or pre-school period indicate that also it could be caused by organic disorder of the central nervous system. The aim of this work is to present the case of the 4-year-old girl, diagnosed with precocious puberty. The first clinical symptoms of precocious puberty such as increased growth rate and breast enlargement were observed when the girl was 4 years old. The height (above the 97 centile) and weight (90-97 centile) were measured during the physical examination. The advancement of sexual features was determined as follows: thelarche III degrees , pubarche II degrees , axillarche II degrees . The LHRH test used in this differential diagnosis revealed the pubertal level of gonadotropins, when plasma levels of dehydroepiandrosterone, prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone and alpha-fetoprotein levels were correct. The advanced bone age was 8 years and 10 months, while the height age was 7 years. The final diagnosis was based on MRI scan. The patient is currently treated with an analog of gonadoliberine (Diphereline). In conclusion, we aspired to notice that the pharmacological treatment of hypothalamic hamartoma may be safe and effective. Suppression of puberty to the normal time of pubescence gives a child the chance to reduce health discomforts as well as further emotional and social problems.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007027 Hypothalamic Diseases Neoplastic, inflammatory, infectious, and other diseases of the hypothalamus. Clinical manifestations include appetite disorders; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SLEEP DISORDERS; behavioral symptoms related to dysfunction of the LIMBIC SYSTEM; and neuroendocrine disorders. Froehlich's Syndrome,Hypothalamic-Neurohypophyseal Disorders,Pituitary Diencephalic Syndrome,Hypothalamic Dysfunction Syndromes,Hypothalamic Dysinhibition Syndrome,Hypothalamic Overactivity Syndrome,Hypothalamic Pseudopuberty,Hypothalamic-Adenohypophyseal Disorders,Diencephalic Syndrome, Pituitary,Diencephalic Syndromes, Pituitary,Disease, Hypothalamic,Diseases, Hypothalamic,Disorder, Hypothalamic-Adenohypophyseal,Disorder, Hypothalamic-Neurohypophyseal,Disorders, Hypothalamic-Adenohypophyseal,Disorders, Hypothalamic-Neurohypophyseal,Dysfunction Syndrome, Hypothalamic,Dysfunction Syndromes, Hypothalamic,Dysinhibition Syndrome, Hypothalamic,Dysinhibition Syndromes, Hypothalamic,Froehlich Syndrome,Froehlichs Syndrome,Hypothalamic Adenohypophyseal Disorders,Hypothalamic Disease,Hypothalamic Dysfunction Syndrome,Hypothalamic Dysinhibition Syndromes,Hypothalamic Neurohypophyseal Disorders,Hypothalamic Overactivity Syndromes,Hypothalamic Pseudopuberties,Hypothalamic-Adenohypophyseal Disorder,Hypothalamic-Neurohypophyseal Disorder,Overactivity Syndrome, Hypothalamic,Overactivity Syndromes, Hypothalamic,Pituitary Diencephalic Syndromes,Pseudopuberties, Hypothalamic,Pseudopuberty, Hypothalamic,Syndrome, Froehlich's,Syndrome, Hypothalamic Dysfunction,Syndrome, Hypothalamic Dysinhibition,Syndrome, Hypothalamic Overactivity,Syndromes, Hypothalamic Dysfunction,Syndromes, Hypothalamic Dysinhibition,Syndromes, Hypothalamic Overactivity,Syndromes, Pituitary Diencephalic
D011629 Puberty, Precocious Development of SEXUAL MATURATION in boys and girls at a chronological age that is 2.5 standard deviations below the mean age at onset of PUBERTY in the population. This early maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis results in sexual precocity, elevated serum levels of GONADOTROPINS and GONADAL STEROID HORMONES such as ESTRADIOL and TESTOSTERONE. Familial Precocious Puberty,Idiopathic Sexual Precocity,Precocious Puberty,Precocious Puberty, Central,Precocious Puberty, Male Limited,Precocious Puberty, Male-Limited,Pubertas Praecox,Sexual Precocity,Testotoxicosis,Central Precocious Puberties,Central Precocious Puberty,Familial Precocious Puberties,Idiopathic Sexual Precocities,Male-Limited Precocious Puberties,Male-Limited Precocious Puberty,Praecox, Pubertas,Precocious Puberties,Precocious Puberties, Central,Precocious Puberties, Familial,Precocious Puberties, Male-Limited,Precocious Puberty, Familial,Precocities, Idiopathic Sexual,Precocities, Sexual,Precocity, Idiopathic Sexual,Precocity, Sexual,Puberties, Central Precocious,Puberties, Familial Precocious,Puberties, Male-Limited Precocious,Puberties, Precocious,Puberty, Central Precocious,Puberty, Familial Precocious,Puberty, Male-Limited Precocious,Sexual Precocities,Sexual Precocities, Idiopathic,Sexual Precocity, Idiopathic
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006222 Hamartoma A focal malformation resembling a neoplasm, composed of an overgrowth of mature cells and tissues that normally occur in the affected area. Hamartomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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