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Precocious puberty
Precocious puberty is puberty occurring at an unusually early age. In most cases, the process is normal in every aspect except the unusually early age, and simply represents a variation of normal development. In a minority of children, the early development is triggered by a disease such as a tumor or injury of the brain. Precocious puberty can also be a result of other pathologies such as pinealoma, McCune-Albright syndrome, and 21-hydroxylase deficiency. Central precocious puberty can be treated by suppressing the pituitary hormones that induce sex steroid production.
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Precocious puberty is defined as symptom onset before the age of in boys.
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A 6-year-old girl comes to the office for a routine examination. She was born at 37 weeks' gestation by vaginal delivery without complication. Her temperature is 37°C (98.6°F), pulse is 70/min, respirations are 13/min, and her blood pressure is 97/58 mm Hg. Physical examination shows Tanner stage 3 breast development. A radiograph of the wrist is obtained and shows a bone age of 10 years. A leuprolide stimulation test shows no luteinizing hormone response. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in the diagnosis of this patient?
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