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Arch Iran Med. 2022;25(1): 64-70.
doi: 10.34172/aim.2022.09

Scopus ID: 85124240532
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Exaggerated Mini Puberty during Early Infancy of a Preterm Girl: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Mohamad Ahangar Davoodi 1* ORCID logo, Fatemeh Ghobadi 2, Golsa Mahmoudi 3, Amir Almasi-Hashiani 4

1 Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
2 Department of Radiology, Qods Hospital, Arak, Iran
3 Department of Nursing, Amir Kabir Hospital, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
4 Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding Author: Mohamad Ahangar Davoodi, MD; Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, P.O.BOX: 3819693345, Iran. Tel:+98-9906753091; Fax:+98-08633133147; Email: , Email: m.davoodi@arakmu.ac.ir

Abstract

Mini puberty is the important period of infancy life that can have a serious impact on sexual development in both sexes. In the infants born very preterm and with extremely low birth weight, mini puberty changes including changes in clinical, hormonal, and imaging data are severe and long lasting, especially in girls. It can be called “exaggerated mini puberty”. In this study, a 6-month preterm infant with bronchopulmonary dysplasia presented with periodic vaginal bleeding, Tanner stage 3 breast development, and Tanner stage 2 pubic hair. We did follow up clinical and para-clinical evaluations for the infant during one year and compared the obtained data with those of similar published articles. During one year of monitoring, the case gradually grew to the normal pre-pubertal state, without any hormonal suppressive treatment. Exaggerated mini puberty is a temporary physiologic state in very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants that does not require any extra hormonal and surgical interventions.

Cite this article as: Ahangar Davoodi M, Ghobadi F, Mahmoudi G, Almasi-Hashiani A. Exaggerated mini puberty during early infancy in preterm girls: a case report and review of literature. Arch Iran Med. 2022;25(1):64-70. doi: 10.34172/aim.2022.09
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Submitted: 10 Mar 2021
Accepted: 11 May 2021
ePublished: 01 Jan 2022
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