Casos Clínicos Hamartoma hipotalámico, una causa de pubertad precoz: Caso clínico

Hypothalamic hamartomas are non neoplastic lesions that may cause precocious puberty with or without complex seizures, personality disorders and mental retardation. We report a 14 years old male that had a precocious puberty at the age of 11 and a prolonged episode of altered sensorium with automati...

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Autores principales: Alvarado R,José, López M,José Manuel
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2001
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720010010000102005-11-14Casos Clínicos Hamartoma hipotalámico, una causa de pubertad precoz: Caso clínicoAlvarado R,JoséLópez M,José Manuel Hamartoma Hypothalamus Sella turcica Tomography, X-ray computed Hypothalamic hamartomas are non neoplastic lesions that may cause precocious puberty with or without complex seizures, personality disorders and mental retardation. We report a 14 years old male that had a precocious puberty at the age of 11 and a prolonged episode of altered sensorium with automatism, that was diagnosed as a complex seizure. Physical examination showed a sexual development classified as Tanner stage III-IV, a height of 168 cm and a weight of 61 kg. Neurological examination was normal. A CAT scan showed a 13x13x9 mm mass in the suprasellar cistern, between the infundibulum and the brain stem, without exerting a mass effect over adjacent structures. It was diagnosed as an hypothalamic hamartoma (Rev Méd Chile 2001; 129: 1179-80)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.129 n.10 20012001-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872001001000010es10.4067/S0034-98872001001000010
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Hamartoma
Hypothalamus
Sella turcica
Tomography, X-ray computed
spellingShingle Hamartoma
Hypothalamus
Sella turcica
Tomography, X-ray computed
Alvarado R,José
López M,José Manuel
Casos Clínicos Hamartoma hipotalámico, una causa de pubertad precoz: Caso clínico
description Hypothalamic hamartomas are non neoplastic lesions that may cause precocious puberty with or without complex seizures, personality disorders and mental retardation. We report a 14 years old male that had a precocious puberty at the age of 11 and a prolonged episode of altered sensorium with automatism, that was diagnosed as a complex seizure. Physical examination showed a sexual development classified as Tanner stage III-IV, a height of 168 cm and a weight of 61 kg. Neurological examination was normal. A CAT scan showed a 13x13x9 mm mass in the suprasellar cistern, between the infundibulum and the brain stem, without exerting a mass effect over adjacent structures. It was diagnosed as an hypothalamic hamartoma (Rev Méd Chile 2001; 129: 1179-80)
author Alvarado R,José
López M,José Manuel
author_facet Alvarado R,José
López M,José Manuel
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title Casos Clínicos Hamartoma hipotalámico, una causa de pubertad precoz: Caso clínico
title_short Casos Clínicos Hamartoma hipotalámico, una causa de pubertad precoz: Caso clínico
title_full Casos Clínicos Hamartoma hipotalámico, una causa de pubertad precoz: Caso clínico
title_fullStr Casos Clínicos Hamartoma hipotalámico, una causa de pubertad precoz: Caso clínico
title_full_unstemmed Casos Clínicos Hamartoma hipotalámico, una causa de pubertad precoz: Caso clínico
title_sort casos clínicos hamartoma hipotalámico, una causa de pubertad precoz: caso clínico
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2001
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