Surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious puberty

A twenty months old boy presented to our department with true precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartoma. Total surgical excision of pedunculated hypothalamic hamartoma was done successfully by the pterional trans-sylvian approach as he could not afford medical management. Patient had uneventf...

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Main Authors:	Rajesh K Ghanta, Kalyan Koti, Srikanth Kongara, Gautham E Meher
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:	Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:	Hypothalamic hamartoma precocious puberty surgical management
Online Access:	http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2011;volume=15;issue=7;spage=255;epage=258;aulast=Ghanta

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spelling	doaj-418a06032fe341e99aa420e97d844c262020-11-24T22:42:39ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism2230-82102230-95002011-01-0115725525810.4103/2230-8210.84880Surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious pubertyRajesh K GhantaKalyan KotiSrikanth KongaraGautham E MeherA twenty months old boy presented to our department with true precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartoma. Total surgical excision of pedunculated hypothalamic hamartoma was done successfully by the pterional trans-sylvian approach as he could not afford medical management. Patient had uneventful post-operative course with normalization of serum testosterone levels and regression of secondary sexual characters.http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2011;volume=15;issue=7;spage=255;epage=258;aulast=GhantaHypothalamic hamartomaprecocious pubertysurgical management
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author	Rajesh K Ghanta Kalyan Koti Srikanth Kongara Gautham E Meher
spellingShingle	Rajesh K Ghanta Kalyan Koti Srikanth Kongara Gautham E Meher Surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious puberty Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism Hypothalamic hamartoma precocious puberty surgical management
author_facet	Rajesh K Ghanta Kalyan Koti Srikanth Kongara Gautham E Meher
author_sort	Rajesh K Ghanta
title	Surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious puberty
title_short	Surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious puberty
title_full	Surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious puberty
title_fullStr	Surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious puberty
title_full_unstemmed	Surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious puberty
title_sort	surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious puberty
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
issn	2230-8210 2230-9500
publishDate	2011-01-01
description	A twenty months old boy presented to our department with true precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartoma. Total surgical excision of pedunculated hypothalamic hamartoma was done successfully by the pterional trans-sylvian approach as he could not afford medical management. Patient had uneventful post-operative course with normalization of serum testosterone levels and regression of secondary sexual characters.
topic	Hypothalamic hamartoma precocious puberty surgical management
url	http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2011;volume=15;issue=7;spage=255;epage=258;aulast=Ghanta
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Surgical excision of hypothalamic hamartoma in a twenty months old boy with precocious puberty

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