One-year-old male with accelerated growth and development.
A 1-year-old male child with isosexual central (gonadotropin-dependent) precocious puberty caused by hypothalamic hamartoma is reported. Details of the diagnosis based solely on neuromaging characteristics, and satisfactory results of medical treatment with gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist analogues, are highlighted.
Kashyap
Ajit Singh
AS
Department of Endocrinology, Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow Cantt, India. kashyapajits@gmail.com
Anand
Kuldip Parkash
KP
Kashyap
Surekha
S
Arora
Sumeet
S
D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D007223:Infant; D016729:Leuprolide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D016729:Leuprolide