INDUCING PUBERTY IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN: A CASE SERIES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36020/kjms.2024.1801.007Abstract
Background: Delayed puberty is defined clinically by the absence or incomplete development of secondary sexual characteristics bounded by an age at which 95 percent of children of that sex and culture have initiated sexual maturation. Delayed puberty usually results from inadequate gonadal steroid secretion most often caused by a variety of hypothalamic, pituitary, and gonadal disorders. It manifests with the absence of virilization and testicular enlargement (<4 mL) by 14 years in males and as primary amenorrhea and the absence of breast development by 13 years in females. Methodology: A retrospective review of Nigerian children with indications for pubertal induction. Case series: We present the cases of five Nigerian children who had induction of pubertal development. All the patients successfully achieved puberty following the use of Ethinyl-estradiol and Levonorgestrel as evidenced by the successful appearance of secondary sexual characteristics. The males and two of the females are on follow up while one female was lost to follow up after reaching Tanners stage III of breast development and having achieved menarche.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Sakinatu M. Abdullahi, Sani M. Mado, Michael Enong (Author)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.