title: Central precocious puberty: clinical and imaging aspects.
abstract: We review briefly the definition of central precocious puberty (CPP), and discuss early puberty and very early puberty. The association of hypothalamic hamartoma and empty sella with CPP is described. The contribution of new imaging techniques - CT, MRI and ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of CPP is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cassio
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cacciari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zucchini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balsamo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diegoli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Orsini
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography