A CASE OF ISOLATED TSH DEFICIENCY PRESENTING AS INFERTILITY

Authors
BALEN AH MANNING PJ
Citation
Ah. Balen et Pj. Manning, A CASE OF ISOLATED TSH DEFICIENCY PRESENTING AS INFERTILITY, Postgraduate medical journal, 70(821), 1994, pp. 225-227
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
70
Issue
821
Year of publication
1994
Pages
225 - 227
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1994)70:821<225:ACOITD>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report a case of late-onset isolated thyroid stimulating hormone de ficiency in a woman who presented with oligomenorrhoea and secondary h yperprolactinaemia. Hypothalamic and pituitary radiology and function was otherwise normal. The underlying aetiology of this condition is th ought to be due to an inborn defect in the thyrotroph and treatment is with standard thyroid replacement therapy.