ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare and likely to present with peripheral precocious puberty (PPP). We report the case of a 5-year-old boy with pineal GCT, in whom, although he presented with advanced peripheral precocious puberty, levels of β-chorionic gonadotropin (β-HCG) were mildly elevated, not diagnostic of GCT, posing a diagnostic dilemma.Methods: A 53/12 year- old boy ...