Ülkü Gül, Ayşe Kaçar Bayram, Mustafa Kendirci, Nihal Hatipoğlu, Deniz Okdemir, Hakan Gümüş, Selim Kurtoğlu
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues are common treatment option in central precocious puberty in childhood as well as in endometriosis, infertility, and prostate cancer in adults. Pseudotumor cerebri is a rare side effect observed in adults. We present the case of a girl with precocious puberty treated with triptorelin acetate who developed pseudotumor cerebri after the 4th dose. She had headaches, and her blood pressure was detected to be above the 99 percentile. There were no causes underlying of hypertension such as cardiac, renal, or endocrine...
September 1, 2016: Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology