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Horm Metab Res 2010; 42(9): 682-688
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252021
Humans, Clinical

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Intrauterine Growth Retardation Associated with Precocious Puberty and Sertoli Cell Hyperplasia

M. B. Lodish1 , L. A. Gartner2 , P. Albini2 , G. Sabnis3 , A. Brodie3 , J. M. Meck4 , A. M. Meloni-Ehrig4 , S. Hill5 , E. Tsilou6 , V. A. Valera7 , B. A. Walter7 , M. J. Merino7 , C. A. Stratakis1
  • 1Section on Endocrinology Genetics, Program on Developmental Endocrinology Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, and Pediatric Endocrinology Inter-Institute Training Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
  • 2SUNY at Buffalo, School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
  • 3Dept. of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • 4Department of Cytogenetics, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Chantilly, VA, USA
  • 5Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
  • 6Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA
  • 7Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD, USA
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received 25.01.2010

accepted 09.03.2010

Publication Date:
21 April 2010 (online)

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Abstract

The original description of patients with Russell–Silver syndrome included precocious puberty, the mechanism of which was unclear. We describe a child with a Russell–Silver syndrome-like phenotype who presented with precocious puberty that was associated with hyperplasia of the Sertoli cells. The patient was found to have an immature cryptorchid testicle; hyperplastic Sertoli cells were also aneuploid carrying trisomy 8. This chromosomal abnormality was present in Sertoli cells only and could not be detected in peripheral lymphocytes, tunica vaginalis, or other, normal, testicular tissue. Sertoli cells in culture showed excess aromatization providing an explanation for the rapid advancement of the patient's bone age. We conclude that in a patient with a Russell–Silver syndrome-like phenotype, Sertoli cell hyperplasia was associated with somatic trisomy 8, increased aromatization, and gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty.

Key words

genetic syndrome - hyper androgenemia - disorder of puberty - testicular tumor - aromatase

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