ESPE Abstracts

Background: Precocious puberty is defined as pubertal development that begins at an earlier age than expected; most paediatric endocrinology subspecialists use cutoff ages of 8 years for girls and 9 years for boys.Objective and hypotheses: We reported in this case, rare association between type 1 diabetes mellitus and precocious puberty.Method: We present a girl with type 1 diabetes developed at the age of 3 years, with good glycae...

Introduction: In girls, precocious puberty is defined as the sign of secondary sexual characteristics occurring before the age of 8 years in Caucasian girls. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a rare association with precocious puberty. We discuss through this case, the involvement of type 1 diabetes mellitus in the onset of early puberty from a review of the literature.Observation: We report the case of precocious puberty in a 6-year-old girl followed for T1D sin...