Skip to main content

Table 2 Analysis of characteristics of Klinefelter patients with ICPP

From: Idiopathic central precocious puberty in a Klinefelter patient: highlights on gonadotropin levels and pathophysiology

Characteristics during precocious puberty

Final puberty-adulthood

Studies

Karyotype

Age at PP

LH

LH

post LHRH

T

TV

Height (cm)

LH

FSH

T

TV

Leon et al. [9]

Mosaic XY/

XXY/XXXY

8

173

Mühlendahl et al. [10]

47,XXY

8.3

6.3

42

3

3.4

181

3

Mühlendahl et al. [10]

47,XXY

8

1.1

5

189

15

39

0.1

8

Bertelloni et al. [11]

47,XXY

5

4.2

37

2.8

4

176

16

13

2.9

4

Bertelloni et al. [12]

48,XXYY

7

31

130

4

176

45

130

4.2

Fryns et al. [13]

47,XXY

Gonzales-Ellis et al. [14]

47,XXY

8.5

1.9

0.86

164

3.5

2.7

4

Reported case

47,XXY

8

3.5

24

4.35

6

178

19

22

1.16

4

All (Mean ± SD)

 

7.5 ± 1.3

9 ± 12

58.2 ± 48

2.7 ± 1

4.6 ± 1

177 ± 7

20 ± 17

51 ± 61

2.2 ± 1.4

4.6 ± 1.7

  1. FSH Follicle stimulating hormone, LH Luteinizing hormone, LHRH Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, PP Precocious puberty, T Testosterone levels, TV Testicular volume. Testosterone levels (T) are in ng/ml. TV corresponds to testicular volume in ml. LH and FSH are in UI/l.