Open AccessTeratoma do IV ventrículo e puberdade precoce: registro de um caso
Author(s) -
Umbertina Conti Reed,
Antônio B. Lefèvre,
Gilberto Machado de Almeida,
Jamil Sallum
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Language(s) - Portuguese
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.415
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1678-4227
pISSN - 0004-282X
DOI - 10.1590/s0004-282x1979000300011
Subject(s) - medicine , gynecology
A case of precocious puberty and diabetes insipidus in a 7 years old boy due to a malignant teratoma in the IVth ventricle is reported. The tumor had grown into the IIIrd and lateral ventricles as found on the necropsy. The original site of the tumor and the possible physiopathological mechanisms for the precocious puberty are discussed.