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Precocious puberty in young girls is defined as the development of secondary sexual characteristics and gonadal growth before 8 years of age. Approximately 60% of isosexual precocious development in girls has no organic cause and is termed idiopathic precocious puberty. Thirteen young girls with idiopathic precocious puberty were treated with LHRH analogue under a well‐established protocol. Pelvic ultrasound was added to the protocol to examine ultrasound's role in supplying a morphologic parameter of suppression of the pubertal process. Initially, 11 patients had ovarian volumes greater than normal, and ovarian cysts measuring 0.5 cm to 4 cm in diameter were identified in seven patients. All 13 patients had enlarged pretreatment uteri greater than 3 cm in length. Eleven of these patients had a pubertal or adult uterine configuration. After 1 year of therapy, 11 patients had normal prepubertal ovarian volumes, and 12 of 13 patients had a decrease in ovarian volume. No demonstrable cysts were present at 1 year. Eleven had a reduction in uterine length. Nine of the 11 patients with a pubertal uterine configuration reverted to a more prepubertal‐like morphology. The sonographic morphologic changes correlated well with laboratory and clinical data indicating suppression of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis.
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound – Wiley
Published: Jun 1, 1986
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