Our visit with the pediatric neurosurgeon yesterday left us all feeling better than we have since Mr. B.’s central precocious puberty problem became apparent in July. The lesion/tumor at the bottom of his pituitary gland under his brain turns out to be an apparently normal cyst with a ninety-five percent chance of being benign. As for the five percent uncertainty, we are to watch for symptoms such as severe headaches, vision problems and loss of coordination and get a second MRI in two years. Meanwhile, it’s back to the endocrinologist to begin the hormone treatments to halt the early puberty until the normal time for its arrival, to ensure that Mr. B. develops to his normal height, whatever that may be.
MORE: By unhappy coincidence the Seablogger also has a pituitary gland growth, though his is a tumor that is "very large but benign" and pressing on his optic nerve. We wish him luck.
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