Chapter 7 Pediatric Pelvis Flashcards
Increased in adrenal gland activity seen at the onset of puberty
Adrenarche
Intersexual genitalia
Ambigious gentialia
Irregular flat spots of increased skin pigmentation
Cafe au lait skin pigmentation
Synthetic estrogen to aid in pregnancy maintenance that results in a T shaped uterus in female children
DES
Class of tumors that originate in either the egg or the sperm
Germ cell tumors
Loss of primordial germ cells in the gonads of an embryo
Gonadal dysgenesis
Having both male and female sexual charactertistics
Hermaphrodite
Vascular tumor of the adrenal gland
Pheochromocytoma
Early onset of puberty, usually before 8 years of age
Precocious puberty
Individual with external genitalia of 1 sex and the internal organs of another sex
Pseudohermaphrodite
Nodule projecting from a thickened cyst wall usually ovarian in origin
Rokitansky nodule (dermoid plug)
Start of breast development at the onset of puberty
Thelarche
Genetic syndrome characterized by an X and O chromosome combo resulting in a female with premature ovarian failure and lack of puberty
Turner syndrome
What is the ovarian volume of a female under 5 years old
1 cm (cubed) or less
Ovarian cysts measuring over 9 mm in the first year of life are known as
Macrocysts