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...F. Piccolo; S. Conti; L. Bozzao; F. Bianco; F. Galletti; G. Giuffrè; A.M. Pasquino; G. Finocchi; B. Boscherini 2 patients with true precocious puberty and hamartoma of the tuber cinereum are described. Diagnosis was established by the presence of accelerated puberty, elevated blood gonadotropins...

...Roberto Buonaguidi; Marco Ferdeghini; Rossella Leoncini; Giorgio Tusini 3 boys and 1 girl with a true precocious puberty have been studied. Neuroradiologic investigation and surgery allowed us to diagnose an astrocytoma of the anterior part of the third ventricle, involving the chiasm; an optic...

... literature, the importance of diabetes insipidus as a very early symptom of pineal region tumors should be emphasized; in some cases, it preceded the appearance of precocious puberty or neuro-ophtalmologic signs by some years. A variable pattern of anterior pituitary impairment is also a rather common...