Precocious puberty

Question 1

what is it?

Answer 1

‘development of secondary sexual characteristics before 8 years in females and 9 years in males’
more common in females

Question 2

what is thelarche

Answer 2

the first stage of breast development)

Question 3

what is adrenache

Answer 3

the first stage of pubic hair development

Question 4

classification

Answer 4

1. Gonadotrophin dependent (‘central’, ‘true’)
   due to premature activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis
   FSH & LH raised
2. Gonadotrophin independent (‘pseudo’, ‘false’)
   due to excess sex hormones
   FSH & LH low