Pseudoprecocious Puberty in Girls as a Result of Estrogen Ingestion

Breast enlargement in two young girls following stilbestrol exposure, 1953

“The purpose of this paper is to report 2 cases of precocious secondary sexual development resulting from the ingestion of estrogenic substances by young girls, to point out the clinical peculiarities of this type of sexual precocity and to emphasize the importance of including estrogen ingestion in the differential diagnosis of pseudopuberty in females.”

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DES DIETHYLSTILBESTROL RESOURCES

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