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Precocious puberty: an endocrine manifestation in congenital toxoplasmosis
Nuvarte Setian1, Regina S F Andrade, Hilton Kuperman
1Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Instituto da Criança Hospital das Clinicas, São Paulo University School of Medicine, Brazil.
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism : JPEM
|December 31, 2002
Abstract:
We reviewed retrospectively seven children with congenital toxoplasmosis and precocious puberty. All seven showed very high levels of LH (25.2-155.0 IU/ml) and FSH (7.1-38.2) upon stimulation with GnRH. Three of them showed low GH response to an insulin tolerance test. All the children had severe mental retardation. We emphasize that children with congenital toxoplasmosis should have their hypothalamopituitary function evaluated even in subclinical situations that could be responsible for endocrinological disturbances such as precocious puberty.