True precocious puberty with vision loss | Zendy

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True precocious puberty with vision loss

Author(s) -

Vimal Upreti,

Anil Bhansali,

Kanchan K. Mukherjee,

S. Das,

R. Santosh,

Pinaki Dutta,

R. Walia

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

bmj case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 1757-790X

DOI - 10.1136/bcr.06.2009.2031

Subject(s) - pilocytic astrocytoma , medicine , precocious puberty , sepsis , histopathological examination , surgery , resection , astrocytoma , radiology , pathology , hormone , glioma , cancer research

A 7-year-old boy presented with progressive vision loss and simultaneous development of precocious puberty. On evaluation he was found to have a solid cystic tumour in the sellar and suprasellar region. He underwent trans-sphenoidal resection of the tumour and histopathological examination revealed pilocytic astrocytoma. However, he later succumbed to postoperative sepsis.

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