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What is precocious puberty?

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Onset of puberty occuring younger than 2SD below the average age

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What is the prevalence of precocious puberty?

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1 in 5,000 to 1 in 10,000, fairly common

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How does the prevalence of precocious puberty differ in males and females?

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5-10 times more common in girls than boys

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What age is considered to be precocious puberty in boys?

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<9 years old

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What age is considered to be precocious puberty in females?

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<8 years

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What is true of the majority of cases of precocious puberty?

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It is of unknown cause

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What are the categories of causes of precocious puberty?

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  • Gonadotrophin dependant (central)
  • Gondotrophin independant (neurological)
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How do gonadotrophin dependant mechanisms of precocious puberty work?

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Through the pituitary axis

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What are the gonadotrophin dependant causes of precocious puberty?

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  • Tumours
  • CNS trauma or injury
  • Hamartomas of hypothalamus
  • Gonadotrophin secreting tumours
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What tumours can can precocious puberty?

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  • Gliomas
  • Astrocytomas
  • Hamartomas
  • Pineal tumours
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What are the causes of CNS trauma or injury leading to precocious puberty?

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  • Infection
  • Radiation
  • Surgery
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What congenital disorders can cause gonadotrophin dependant precocious puberty?

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  • Hydrocephalus
  • Arachnoid cysts
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How common are gonadotrophin secreting tumours?

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Very rare

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What is a more common mechanism for tumours causing precocious puberty than gonadotrophin secreting tumours?

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Normally, have a tumour that causes hypothalamic machinery to secrete, rather than doing it itself

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What is gonadotrophin independant precocious puberty also known as?

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Precocious pseudopuberty

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What happens in precocious psuedopuberty?

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There is early stimulation of central maturation, and so you get the apperance of secondary secxual characteristics due to increased production of female or male hormones

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Does precocious pseudopuberty involve the HPG axis?

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No, it occurs independantly of the HPG axis

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What happens to LH and FSH levels in precocious pseudopuberty?

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They are suppressed

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What are the causes of precocious pseudopuberty?

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  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
  • Tumours
  • Testotoxicosis
  • Exogeneous oestrogen or androgen exposure
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What tumours can cause precocious pseudopuberty?

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  • HCG-secreting tumorus in the liver
  • Choricocarcinomas of the gonads, pineal gland, or mediastinum
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What can ovarian tumours cause?

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Either masculisation or feminisation

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What may testicular Leydig-cell tumours cause?

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Early virilisation in males

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What is testitoxicosis also known as?

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Familial male precocious puberty

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What is the inheritance pattern of familial male precocious puberty?

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Autosomal dominant

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How does familial male precocious puberty present?
* Rapid physical growth * Sexual maturation * Sexually aggressive behaviour in the first 2-3 years of life
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How can exogenous oestrogen or androgen exposure occur?
* Therapeutic * Accidental
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What is delayed puberty?
When initial changes of puberty are not present
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What is considered to be delayed puberty in females?
* No initial physical changes of puberty by age 13 * Primary amenorrhea at 15.5-16 years * When the interval between first signs of puberty and menarche is greater than 5 years
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What is considered to be delayed puberty in males?
* No signs on the Tanner scale by age 14 * When the interval between first signs of puberty and completion of genital growth is greater than 5 years
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What are the causes of delayed puberty?
* Gonadal failure (hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism) * Gonadal deficiency
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What are the causes of gonadal failure?
* Turners syndrome * Post-malignancy chemo/radiotherapy/surgery * Polyglandular autoimmune syndromes
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What is Turners syndrome?
A genetic condition that causes primary gonadal failure in development
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What is the karyotype for Turners syndrome?
(45, X) or (46,XX) with structural abnormalities of X chromosome
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What are the symptoms of Turners syndrome?
* Short stature * Gonadal dysgenesis * Skeletal abnormalities * Cardiac and kidney malformation * Dysmorfic face * *No mental defect* * *No impairment of cognitive function*
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What is the final height of someone with Turners syndrome?
144-146cm
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What therapy is used for Turners syndrome?
* Growth hormone * Sex hormone substitution
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What is the purpose of therapy in Turners syndrome?
*Can't correct gonadal dysgenesis,* but can correct physical characteristics
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What can cause a gonadal deficiency?
* Congenital hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism * Hypothalamic/pituitary lesions * Rare gene mutations inactivating FSH/LH or their receptors
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What can cause hypothalamic/pituitary lesions?
* Tumours * Post-radiotherapy

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