Gamuts

Precocious puberty

In medicine, precocious puberty is puberty occurring at an unusually early age. In most cases, the process is normal in every aspect except the unusually early age and simply represents a variation of normal development. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Cause
Diffusely enlarged uterus
Large hands for age
Premature epiphyseal fusion
May Be Caused by
Adrenal enzyme deficiency
Adrenal tumor
Chromosome 14 uniparental disomy syndrome
Chromosome 15q dup syndrome
Chromosome 9:del(9p) syndrome
Chromosome 9q dup syndrome
Cohen syndrome
Enchondromatosis
Epidermal nevus syndrome
Hypothyroidism
Idiopathic precocious puberty
Infection
Klinefelter syndrome
Myelomeningocele
Neurofibromatosis
Orofaciodigital syndrome
Pallister-Hall syndrome
Paraneoplastic syndrome
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Proteus syndrome
Radiation
Seckel syndrome
Shapiro syndrome
Spastic paraplegia - precocious puberty
Trauma
Tuberous sclerosis
Williams syndrome
X-linked intellectual deficit - precocious puberty - obesity
XXX syndrome

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