Case Report | |
Premature Thelarche and Precocious Puberty in a Three-Year-Old Girl with Granulosa Cell Tumor | |
Zahra Ghanbari | |
General Physician, Islamic Azad University Tabriz Branch, Iran | |
IJWHR 2013; 1: 072-075 DOI: 10.15296/ijwhr.2013.12 Viewed : 3695 times Downloaded : 5919 times. Keywords : Granulosa cell tumour, Juvenile granulosa cell tumour, Precocious puberty, Children |
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Abstract | |
Granulosa cell tumors (GCTs) are tumors that arise from
granulosa cells, occurring in women 50 to 55 years of age but
may occur at any age whereas Juvenile granulosa cell tumors
usually occur in children and adolescents. A three years old girl
with breast development but without any significant past
medical history was referred to the Pediatric Clinic in Children
hospital(University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran) in July
2011.We have reported this patient with premature thelarche
and isosexual precocity in this paper. Pelvic ultrasonography
showed a hypoechoic solid mass and abdominopelvic MRI
showed left adnexal mass with cystic components. Microscopic
features of the resected mass were characteristic of juvenile
GCT. Although in most of girls with precocious puberty the
etiology is idiopathic, some important causes, such as ovarian
tumors must be considered because most common presenting
manifestation of GCT in children is precocious puberty. |