A PATIENT WITH A PROGESTERONE PRODUCING ADRENAL ADENOMA WHO PRESENTEDWITH PRIMARY AMENORRHEA

Authors
VANZONNEVELD P KOPPESCHAAR HPF DEBRUIN TWA VROOM TM BLANKENSTEIN MA VANVROONHOVEN TJMV
Citation
P. Vanzonneveld et al., A PATIENT WITH A PROGESTERONE PRODUCING ADRENAL ADENOMA WHO PRESENTEDWITH PRIMARY AMENORRHEA, Gynecological endocrinology, 9(3), 1995, pp. 189-194
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism","Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Gynecological endocrinology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09513590
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
189 - 194
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-3590(1995)9:3<189:APWAPP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A case report is presented of a patient with a primary amenorrhea due to a progesterone-producing adrenocortical adenoma. Clinical and endoc rinological abnormalities disappeared after removal of the tumor, and the patient experienced her menarche. To our Knowledge, a predominantl y progesterone-producing adrenal adenoma - in this patient associated with the clinical picture of primary amenorrhea - has not previously b een described.