Precocious puberty associated with craniopharyngioma.
Craniopharyngiomas in children are usually associated with growth retardation and hypogonadism. A patient with a craniopharyngioma treated with radiotherapy, who later developed isosexual precocious puberty, is described. She was treated with cyproterone acetate with a good clinical response. We suggest that craniopharyngiomas may become a more frequent cause of precocious puberty now that conservative therapy has been advocated for the condition.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000209:etiology*