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male pubertal development sequence
testicular growth pubarche penile growth spermarche peak height
female pubertal development sequence
thelarche
pubarche
peak height velocity
menarche
delayed puberty age cutoffs
girls: 13
boys: 14
premature adrenarche
elevated DHEA and DHEA-S
low testosterone
assoc: exogenous androgen, androgen secreting tumor, late onset CAH, PCOS
causes of premature thelarche
premature HPA activation
exogenous estrogen
estrogen producing tumor
benign (infants/toddlers - resolves by age 4)
consequence of precocious puberty
short adult height
when to use GnRH with precocious puberty
<6 yo
male
rapid sx
psychosocial disturbances
inheritance of androgen insensitivity
X linked
syndromes assoc with pan hypo pit
Prader Willi
Kallmann
septo-optic dysplasia
where does Mullerian inhib factor come from?
Y chromosome
male infant with shock and excessive scrotal pigmentation
CAH
female infant with shock and posterior labial adhesions
CAH
most common cause of CAH
21-hydroxylase deficiency
high 17 OHP levels
can have salt wasting variety
cafe au lait spots, bony abnormalities, and endocrinopathies
McCune Albright
Cushing Syndrome dx
gold standard: 24hr urinary free cortisol excretion
midnight sleeping plama cortisol
dex suppression
DI, exophthalmos, lytic bone lesions
Hand Schuller Christian triad of Langerhans Cell histiocytosis
post pituitary involvement
hormones from post pit
ADH
oxytocin
rate of height growth prior to puberty
5-6cm/year
micropenis, short stature, hypoglycemia, septo-optic dysplasia, breech presentation
congenital GH deficiency
calculate mid parental height
sum of parents heights
+ 5 if boy, - 5 if girl
divide by 2
+/- 2 inches
macrocephaly, cognitive defects, tall stature
Sotos syndrome
can you mix synthroid with soy formula
no - decreases absorption
boy with normal TSH and low total T4
X-linked thyroxine binding globulin deficiency
dx confirmed with TBG level
no replacement necessary
differentiate Hashitoxicosis and Graves
radioiodine uptake - high in Graves, low/normal in Hashi