Adolecent Flashcards
At what age is delayed puberty in a girl?
At what age is delayed puberty and a boy
Girl: 13–14 years old
Boy: 14–15 years old
At what age is precocious puberty in a girl?
And a boy?
Secondary signs before eight years old
Secondary signs before nine years old
Describe SMR one in girls
Describe SMR to in girls
SMR one: basal growth 5–6 cm per year,boyish chest no hair
SMR to: accelerated growth 7–8 cm per year, rest bud present hair only along the labia
Describe SMR three girls
Describe SMR four in girls
Describe SMR five in girls
SMR three: pea coat velocity 8 to 10 cm per year, elevated breast contour, enlarged areola, curly hair at pubis, axillary hair, imagine a girl sitting on a three legged stool crying because she has hair in her armpit and has acne
SMR four: mound on mound. Dance hair none at the thigh
SMR5 stop growing at 16, rest again looks like tanner 3
Describe SMR1 in males
Describe SMR two in males
SMR1: small testicles, no hair, baby penis, basal rate of growth 5–6 cm per year
Smr 2: testicles and large, first sign of puberty, hair at base of penis
Describe SMR three in boys
Describe SMR four in boys
Describe SMR five in boys
Accelerated vertical and penile growth, gynecomastia, curly hair at pubis, think of the three stooges
SMR number four: Peak height velocity, 10 cm per year, no thigh hair, axillary hair, acne, body odor
SMR5: stop growing at about 17, facial hair,Gynecomastia goes away, thigh hair
Is it normal to have vaginal bleeding while in SMR to?
What should you think of in your differential?
No it is not
You should consider a foreign body such as toilet paper
Which two lab tests can be normally elevated during growth spurts?
Alkaline phosphatase
Hematocrit
What is the normal order of development of Secondary sexual characteristics in females?
In males?
Thelarche then adrenarche then Menarche, think TAM girls are tamer than boys
Testicular enlargement, adrenarche, Pinot enlargement, think TAP boys like to tap her
Which hormone causes the development of breasts, changing vaginal color and labial prominence
Estrogen
If you are presented an adolescent with breasts but no pubic hair, what should be your differential
Androgen insensitivity a.k.a. testicular feminization, someone carrying XY chromosomes
If you were presented with an adolescent female with a history of pubic hair but no preceding breast development what is the likely cause?
If a child has pubic hair, virilization and advanced skeletal maturation what is likely the cause?
Low estrogen
Androgen excess
If an adolescent presents with premature adrenarche, pubic hair with no breasts or no increase in testicular size, what test should you do first?
What should you do if this test is Within 1–2 years of chronological age?
Get bone age films
It is OK to observe, if the bone age films are not within 1–2 years referred to endocrinologist
If you are presented a short “girl “with no breasts or just buds with absent or scant pubic hair and no menses, what test should you get and what is likely the diagnosis
Get karyotype
Diagnosis likely turners syndrome
What are the two usual causes of breast masses in children?
At what time should these masses be checked with respect to menstruation
What imaging should be used to evaluate?
Fibrocystic change or fibroadenoma
At the end of menstrual periods, mammography is not needed until patients are much older
Ultrasound is used
How is fibrocystic change of the breast presented?
How do you treat it
It is bilateral and tender
Treat with NSAIDs, elimination of caffeine and possibly OCP
What is the most common breast lesion
They are _____ dependent
Fibroadenomas unilateral vs fibrocystic changes which is bilateral
Estrogen
How do you start to work out precocious puberty?
First examined for testicular/ovarian tumors
LH and FSH levels
Helicopter sound in girls
What lab tests are present in central precocious puberty?
In the peripheral precocious puberty?
Is the bone age on x-ray normal during both central and peripheral precocious puberty?
Central colon elevated LH levels and positive GnRH stimulation test, elevated LH: FSH ratio, study estrogen and testosterone levels
Peripheral normal LH and FSH, Pubertal estrogen and testosterone levels that are rising, abnormal pubertal development sequence
No, it is advanced in both
What are some causes of non-pituitary related/peripheral precocious puberty?
Tumors, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, McCune Albright syndrome, leydig cell hyperplasia
What are the criteria for precocious puberty girls?
What tests are ordered?
Breasts plus vaginal bleeding or accelerated growth
LH, FSH, estrogen, progesterone testing
How do you treat central precocious puberty?
How does this work?
With a GnRH analog called leuprolide
It suppresses LH and FSH released resulting in suppression of creation of steroids