Surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious puberty.
A twenty months old boy presented to our department with true precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartoma. Total surgical excision of pedunculated hypothalamic hamartoma was done successfully by the pterional trans-sylvian approach as he could not afford medical management. Patient had uneventful post-operative course with normalization of serum testosterone levels and regression of secondary sexual characters.
Department of Neurosurgery, Suraksha Neuro Center, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Rajesh K
RK
Ghanta
Kalyan
K
Koti
Srikanth
S
Kongara
Gautham E
GE
Meher