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Neurochirurgia (Stuttg)
; 30(2): 56-60, 1987 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3574584
RESUMO
A case of hamartoma of the tuber cinereum causing isosexual precocious puberty in a six-month-old boy, in whom the lesion was successfully extirpated, is presented. Our patient was relatively young, since hamartomas causing sexual precocity most often occur between the ages of one and three years. Hamartomas are discussed from the clinical and pathological points of view. The mechanisms of initiating pubertas praecox in cases of cerebral tumours, particularly hamartomas, are reviewed.