Clinical and Diagnostic Spectrum of Girls Evaluated for Suspected Precocious Puberty: A Single-Center Study
Objective: To evaluate the clinical, anthropometric, biochemical, and imaging characteristics of girls presenting with suspected precocious puberty and identify the key parameters that distinguish central precocious puberty (CPP) from benign pubertal variants.Methods: Between 2024 and 2025, 231 girls were retrospectively assessed at a single center and categorized into six diagnostic groups: central precocious puberty (CPP), rapidly progressing early puberty (R-EP), slowly progressing early puberty, premature thelarche, premature adrenarche, and normal. Clinical, anthropometric, laboratory, imaging, and treatment data were compared between the groups.Results: Age at presentation was significantly lower in the CPP and premature thelarche groups (p
Authors
- Semra Bahar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7113-9646)
Institutions
- İstanbul Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- New Trends in Medicine Sciences
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.56766/ntms.1955497
- Primary Topic
- Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00