%0 Journal Article
%T Typology and Etiology of Precocious Puberty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Report of 8 Cases in Abidjan, Ivory Coast a
%A Jacko R. Abodo
%A Laurette Agbr¨¦-Yac¨¦
%A Ad¨¦la£¿de Hu¨¦
%A T¨¦n¨¦dia Soro-Coulibaly
%A Micondo Kouam¨¦
%A Mamadou Sanogo
%A Jocelyne Danho
%A Jean B. Ahoussi
%A Adrien Lokrou
%J Advances in Sexual Medicine
%P 161-166
%@ 2164-5205
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/asm.2017.74013
%X <strong>Introduction:</strong> Early puberty is defined by development of secondary sexual characteristics before the age of 8 years in girls and 9 years in boys. In the West, one in five children out of 100,000 is concerned. Little information on sub-Saharan African patients exists concerning this pathology. <strong>Objective:</strong> To determine the etiology and clinical characteristics of early puberty in a cohort of Ivorian children. <strong>Methods:</strong> We conducted a cross-sectional study between 2015 and 2017 in children admitted to early puberty in the unique Endocrinology Service of the country. The epidemiology and clinical characteristics were assessed. <strong>Results:</strong> The eight patients involved were all females. Their mean age at diagnosis was 7 years and 3 months and the mean age of first symptoms begun at 5 years and 6 months. Seven patients had a central precocious puberty (CPP) including five cases of idiopathic CPP (ICPP) treated by (GnRH agonist) and two cases with secondary precocious puberty (SPP). One of them has a hypothalamic hamartoma and the other a sequelae of encephalopathy. The last case had a peripheral precocious puberty (PPP) causes by ovarian dystrophy. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Our results confirm the predominance of idiopathic central precocious puberty particularly in girls.
%K Early Puberty
%K Secondary Sexual Characteristics
%K Stature
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=79415