What examination does judgement precocious puberty do?

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Precocious puberty refers to the second sexual characteristics of boys and girls before the age of eight. According to the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations, "precocious puberty" can be divided into central precocious puberty and peripheral precocious puberty, which were called true precocious puberty and pseudo precocious puberty respectively in the past. Precocious puberty refers to the early emergence of puberty, that is, women have gonadal enlargement and secondary sexual characteristics before the age of 8, or menstruation before the age of 10, and men develop before the age of 9. What examination does judgement precocious puberty do? Now let me tell you something.

What examination does judgement precocious puberty do?

Left hand X-ray. The acceleration of bone maturity may be caused by sex hormones, so it is valuable to judge bone age according to left-hand X-ray for evaluating puberty development. Bone age more than 1 year old can be regarded as advanced. The earlier the development, the more advanced the bone age. Bone age is a more accurate indicator for predicting menarche.

B ultrasound examination. The development of ovary and uterus in girls was examined by pelvic ultrasound; Boys pay attention to the testis, adrenal cortex and other parts. The size of uterus and ovary, the number and size of follicles in ovary, the presence or absence of cyst and tumor in ovary, and the presence or absence of tumor in testis can be observed by B-ultrasound.

If the patient is suspected to be caused by intracranial tumor or adrenal disease, CT or MRI examination of the head or abdomen should be performed. In order to exclude intracranial space occupying lesions, young girls and all boys with central precocious puberty should be examined with CT or MRI.

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