Hypothalamic hamartoma successfully treated by operation. Case report.
An 18-month-old boy was diagnosed as having a hypothalamic hamartoma. When he was 1 year old, he developed precocious puberty, and at 18 months old, endocrinological tests revealed abnormally high follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and testosterone levels. The center of the hamartoma was subtotally excised, as confirmed on the postoperative computerized tomography scan. Precocious puberty subsided after the operation.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013739:Testosterone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone