title: Precocious puberty of cerebral origin.
abstract: Eighty-two cases of precocious puberty of cerebral origin were reviewed. All shared as a common factor the distortion, compression, or destruction of diencephalic structures. Attempts were made to parallel basic research findings with those derived from human pathology, hoping to gain further insight into the physiopathology of precocious puberty of cerebral origin.
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000378:metabolism; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000503:physiopathology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary