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ArticleCase reports in pediatrics2022

A Matter of Time: Delayed Presentation and Rapid Progression from Gonadotropin-Independent to Gonadotropin-Dependent Precocious Puberty following Successful Treatment for a Leydig Cell Tumor.

C R Naotunna, D N Siriwardana, B C Lakmini, M Samarasinghe, N Atapattu

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Article in Case reports in pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C R NaotunnaLady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8196-2089
D N SiriwardanaLady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3229-3915
B C LakminiLady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3015-4161
M SamarasingheLady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6791-8831
N AtapattuLady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3398-2536
Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children · LK

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Abstract

Leydig cell tumors, most often benign, are a rare cause of isosexual gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty in boys due to secretion of testosterone. Very rarely do these tumors produce estrogen, causing gynecomastia. Testicular sparing surgery is the mainstay of treatment currently although radical orchidectomy was the choice in the past. Following surgery, clinical signs improve along with a revision of biochemical changes. Occasionally, it has been reported few children are progressed to gonadotropin-dependent precocious puberty (GDPP) after initial clinical and biochemical recovery. Gonadotropin receptor analogs have been successful on them to halt the progression of puberty, and growth hormone administration has been used to optimize the adult height. Here, we report a case of a 10-year-old boy who presented very late due to failure in recognition of features of puberty due to a Leydig cell tumor. Even though he underwent successful radical orchidectomy, just within 1 month following surgery, he entered GDPP in contrast to the published cases where it was earliest detected at 3 months.

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