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Prevalence of Pathological Brain Lesions in Girls with Central Precocious Puberty: Possible Overestimation?

Jong Seo YoonCheol Hwan SoHae Sang LeeJung Sub LimJin Soon Hwang
Published in: Journal of Korean medical science (2018)
The prevalence of intracranial lesions among girls who were generally healthy and without neurological symptoms but diagnosed with CPP was lower than that previously reported. Furthermore, none of the identified lesions required treatment. It may be prudent to reconsider the routine use of brain MRI to screen all patients with CPP, especially if they are healthy and neurologically asymptomatic, and are girls aged 6-8 years.
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