Granulosa-theca cell tumor in a one-year-old infant.
A case is presented of a 12-month-old female infant, with sexual precocity due to a Granulosa-Theca cell tumor which presented with vaginal bleeding, breast development and public hair growth. The 17 beta-estradiol levels prior to operation were 300 pg/ml. Levels of gonadotropins were undetectable. Postoperative estradiol levels were measured and found to be 10 pg/ml. This tumor is very rate in infants, and there have been only four previously reported cases in children under 2 years of age.
D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000209:etiology
D004958:Estradiol; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone