Premature adrenarche

Definition

Premature development of pubic and/or axillary hair without central or peripheral precocious puberty. Children show premature clinical and/or laboratory signs of androgen action without estrogen action.

Exclusions

• Central precocious puberty (5A60.3)
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (5A71.01)
• Peripheral precocious puberty (5A92)

Also indexed as

Nearby in Certain specified disorders of adrenal gland

• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system