Precocity in a Boy

Sexual precocity in a boy after measles encephalomyelitis.

The clinical impression that measles encephalomyelitis is becoming increasingly prevalent is confirmed by recent studies (Jacobsson and Holmgren, 1949). It is all the more necessary, therefore, to be alert to the sequelae of this baffling condition, sequelae whose rarity is probably exaggerated because of unfamiliarity with their mode of presentation. Thus, in the case to be described of a boy ...

Sexual precocity in a 4 year old boy.

Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis in a 9-year-old Boy

  Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare aseptic, auto-inflammatory bone disorder. CRMO presents with bone pain with or without fever. The diagnosis of CRMO is a diagnosis of exclusion and should be included in the differential diagnosis of chronic inflammatory bone lesions in children. Cultures of the bone are typically sterile, antibiotic therapy does not result in clinic...

Sexual precocity and its treatment.

BACKGROUND Puberty is a complex and dynamic period in development during which individuals transition from the juvenile to adult state. Regulated by multiple genetic and endocrine controls, it is characterized by somatic growth and sexual maturation. Sexual precocity is defined as the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics before the lower limit of the normal age for pubertal onset. D...

XANTHOMA WITH OCULAR AND CARDIOVASCULAR INVOLVEMENT IN A BOY

In this report, a 10 year old boy with both tendinous and tuberous xanthoma is presented. Premature corneal arcus and aortic stensosis were associated findings in this case. Tuberous and tendinous xanthomas are two clinical varieties of one disease, both of which are seen in type II hyperlipoproteinemia. Increased serum cholesterol with pathological findings of skin lesions with oculocardia...