Endocrinology: precocious puberty: practice question

The best answer is A, Pubertal signs before 8 years in girls. Precocious puberty is onset of secondary sexual characteristics before 8 years in girls and before 9 years in boys.

Twelve years is within the normal range for girls.

The cut-off in boys is 9 years.

Fourteen years would define delayed rather than precocious puberty.

It tests Endocrinology: precocious puberty in Pediatrics. Most cases in girls are idiopathic central precocious puberty, treated with GnRH analogues. Boys more often have an organic cause.

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

Memorise milestones and the vaccine schedule as tables and revise them often. Then use the flashcards and the other Pediatrics questions on this site to test what stuck.

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