Prevalence of Pathological Brain Lesions in Girls with Central Precocious Puberty: Possible Overestimation? | Zendy

Jong Seo Yoon | Zendy; Cheol Hwan So | Zendy; Hae Sang Lee | Zendy; Jung Sub Lim | Zendy; Jin Soon Hwang | Zendy

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Prevalence of Pathological Brain Lesions in Girls with Central Precocious Puberty: Possible Overestimation?

Author(s) -

Jong Seo Yoon,

Cheol Hwan So,

Hae Sang Lee,

Jung Sub Lim,

Jin Soon Hwang

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of korean medical science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743

H-Index - 66

eISSN - 1598-6357

pISSN - 1011-8934

DOI - 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e329

Subject(s) - medicine , precocious puberty , asymptomatic , pathological , central precocious puberty , magnetic resonance imaging , pediatrics , brain tumor , retrospective cohort study , neuroimaging , radiology , pathology , psychiatry , hormone

The prevalence of intracranial lesions among girls who were generally healthy and without neurological symptoms but diagnosed with CPP was lower than that previously reported. Furthermore, none of the identified lesions required treatment. It may be prudent to reconsider the routine use of brain MRI to screen all patients with CPP, especially if they are healthy and neurologically asymptomatic, and are girls aged 6-8 years.

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