title: Precocious puberty in two girls with Chiari I malformation: a contribution to a larger use of brain MRI in the diagnosis of central precocious puberty.
abstract: Up to now Chiari malformation has been reported only in four subjects with precocious puberty, with a prevalence among boys. This article describes the case of two female children affected by progressive precocious puberty detected through brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Brain imaging, even without neurological signs, can identify patients at risk of developing subsequently severe neurological symptoms. Our observation supports the usefulness of brain MRI both in males and females, even when no symptoms are present, to identify and detect high risk cases. However, there is no consensus in Literature in performing MRI in all the patients of both sexes with central precocious puberty, due to its high costs.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatric, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pucarelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Accardo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tarani
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Demiraj
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Segni
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pasquino
mesh_terms: D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*