Precocious Puberty in Children - A Review of Eight Cases

Abstract

Summary:  Precocious puberty in eight children (one boy and seven girls) have been reviewed. All the patients had complete precocious isosexual puberty of idiopathic origin. They were diagnosed at 5 to 124/2 years of age range whilst the length of history on presentation varied from 2 to 7 years. Six of them were treated with cyproterone acetate while a girl who was first seen at the age of ten years with prolonged vaginal bleeding was treated with norethisterone and another patients was to follow up before treatment could be initiated. All of them were followed up with measurements of height, weight, bone age, and assessment of rate of sexual development. While on cyproterone acetate, there was no further increase in testicular sizes, bone age remained unchanged, while the height continued to increase. Both the patients and their parents adjusted well pschologically.