Follicle stimulating hormone secreting pituitary microadenoma with fluctuating levels of ovarian hyperstimulation
Follicle stimulating hormone secreting pituitary microadenoma with fluctuating levels of ovarian hyperstimulation
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DOI:
10.1097/01.aog.0000141554.50747.16
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发表时间:
2005-05-01
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Yoshimura, Y
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作者:
Maruyama, T;Masuda, H;Yoshimura, Y
BACKGROUND: Enlarged multicystic ovaries and an elevated estradiol (E2) concentration have been reported as characteristics of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)-secreting adenomas in reproductive-aged women. The natural course of the hormone in relationship to the microadenoma and ovarian findings, however, remains largely unknown.CASE: A 40-year-old woman with enlarged multicystic ovaries was nonsurgically diagnosed with an FSH-producing pituitary microadenoma. During her subsequent 12-month follow-up, the serum concentration of E2, but not FSH, and the size of the multicystic ovaries fluctuated dramatically. Both the E2 level and ovarian size were transiently normalized.CONCLUSION: Because of disease-related fluctuations, a reproductive-aged woman with an FSH-producing adenoma did not always present with laboratory values characteristic of ovarian hyperstimulation. This finding points out a possible pitfall in diagnosis and clinical management. (c) 2005 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.