Table 2. Descriptive characteristics of 13 girls with newly diagnosed brain pathology.
ID | CPP according to criteria | MRI findings | Age at onset (years) | Age at 1st exam (years) | Pubertal stage | Height (SDS) | Weight (SDS) | BMI (SDS) | BA-CA (years) | Basal FSH (IU/L) | Peak FSH (IU/L) | Basal LH (IU/L) | Peak LH (IU/L) | Peak LH/FSH ratio | E2 (pmol/L) | GnRH agonist therapy | Clinical Outcome |
1 | y | Chiari II malformation | 6.2 | 7.9 | B3 | 0,7 | ND | ND | 3,1 | 4,45 | 11,9 | 1,54 | 25,4 | 2.13 | 53 | y | clinical follow up |
2 | y | Hypothalamic hamartoma | 6.4 | 11.0 | B4 | 0,9 | 0,8 | 0,9 | 2.5 | 1,6 | ND | 2,34 | ND | ND | 611 | n | MRI follow up |
3 | y | Pilocytic astrocytoma | 6.5 | 6.9 | B3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | −1 | 2,31 | 8,94 | 0,15 | 13,3 | 1.48 | 36 | y | Operation |
4 | n | Hamartomas (basal ganglia, brain stem, cerebellum), NF type 1 | 7.0 | 7.7 | B1 | 1,1 | 1,3 | 1,1 | 1,3 | 1,73 | 5,62 | 0,06 | 1,56 | 0.28 | 18 | n | clinical follow up |
5 | y | Arachnoid cyst | 7.5 | 9.9 | B3 | 1,5 | 2,4 | 1,5 | 3,1 | 2,12 | ND | 1,13 | ND | ND | 227 | n | MRI follow up |
6 | y | Pontine tumor | 7.5 | 7.9 | B2 | 1,4 | 1,9 | 1,5 | 2,5 | 1,8 | 5,32 | 0,72 | 10,7 | 2.01 | 30 | y | MRI follow up |
7 | y | Hydrocephalus and arachnoid cyst | 7.6 | 8.0 | B2 | 0,7 | 1,6 | 1,3 | −0,1 | 3.77 | 9.47 | 0.89 | 12.5 | 1.32 | 61 | y | MRI follow up |
8 | n | Arachnoid cyst | 8.2 | 9.0 | B4 | 1,4 | 4,1 | 2,8 | 2,0 | 4,39 | ND | 3,97 | ND | ND | 47 | y | MRI follow up |
9 | n | Hydrocephalus and corpus callosum agenesia | 8.3 | 9.7 | B3 | −2 | 0,1 | 1,6 | 1,3 | 5,79 | 17 | 5,47 | 63,3 | 3.72 | 100 | y | clinical follow up |
10 | n | Congenital dysplasia in left occipital lobe | 8.5 | 9.5 | B5 | 0,3 | 0,8 | 1 | 1,5 | 5,43 | 6,77 | 4,4 | 21,3 | 3.15 | 184 | y | MRI follow up |
11 | n | Arachnoid cyst | 8.5 | 9.0 | B2 | 2,2 | 1,2 | 0,1 | 1,7 | 8,56 | 14,8 | 1,41 | 28,5 | 1.93 | 62 | y | MRI follow up |
12 | n | Arachnoid cyst | 8.5 | 9.1 | B2 | 0,9 | 2,1 | 1,8 | 0,5 | 2,28 | 8,69 | 0,12 | 8,85 | 1.02 | 18 | n* | MRI follow up |
13 | n | Pineal tumor | 8.5 | 9.5 | B3 | 1,4 | ND | ND | 0.5 | 5,03 | ND | 1,18 | ND | ND | 160 | y | MRI follow up |
y: yes, n:no, ND: Not Determined,
*: indicated but parental decline.