title: Development of true precocious puberty following treatment of a Leydig cell tumor of the testis.
abstract: We report a prepubertal boy who developed true precocious puberty following unilateral orchidectomy for the treatment of a Leydig cell tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Taleghani Hospital, Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ghazi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rahimi
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ahadi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadeghi-Nejad
mesh_terms: 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*