Anna Jakubowska, Magdalena Grajewska-Ferens, Michał Brzewski, Barbara Sopyło
BACKGROUND: Precocious puberty (PP) is defined as the appearance of symptoms of puberty in girls before 8 years of age and in boys under 9. Statistically, it occurs much more frequently in girls, while it is a rare pathology in boys. MATERIAL/METHODS: Over the period of 10 years, between 1999 and 2009, 39 girls and 17 boys aged 18 months - 9 years were diagnosed with precocious puberty,, and treated at the Endocrinology Clinic. THE FOLLOWING TESTS WERE PERFORMED IN ALL CHILDREN: physical and anthropometric examinations, abdominal ultrasound scan (US) with evaluation of adrenal glands, examination of testes in boys or breasts and pelvic organs in girls, evaluation of skeletal age and, in selected cases, CT scans of the abdomen, MRI of the CNS, and hormonal laboratory tests...
October 2011: Polish Journal of Radiology