title: Primary hypothyroidism with precocious puberty and bilateral cystic ovaries.
abstract: It is a general observation that children with hypothyroidism have delayed sexual maturation and delayed puberty. However, longstanding untreated hypothyroidism could be associated with isosexual precocious puberty. Here we report a nine year old girl with longstanding untreated hypothyroidism presenting with precocious puberty and bilateral multicystic ovaries, which promptly responded to thyroid hormone replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India. satgir@sify.com
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Indumathi
authors.forename: Ganapathy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bantwal
authors.forename: Madhuri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patil
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy