Development of true precocious puberty following treatment of a Leydig cell tumor of the testis.
We report a prepubertal boy who developed true precocious puberty following unilateral orchidectomy for the treatment of a Leydig cell tumor.
Ghazi
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Department of Endocrinology, Taleghani Hospital, Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Rahimi
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Ahadi
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Sadeghi-Nejad
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000601:surgery*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*