| Literature DB >> 19712547 |
Camil Castelo-Branco1, Marta del Pino, Esther Valladares.
Abstract
This report considers a highly exceptional case of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome due to a gonadotroph adenoma secreting LH in a 31-year-old patient who presented with amenorrhoea and galactorrhoea syndrome and a complex bilateral ovarian mass. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a pituitary adenoma, and laboratory tests corroborated the hyperprolactinaemia without other hormonal pituitary abnormalities. Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome due to a gonadotroph adenoma with normal gonadotrophins is extremely rare. Most of the described cases are caused by FSH adenomas. Due to the originality of the case, it was considered useful for understanding the management of this entity, and it is proposed that LH adenomas should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19712547 DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60065-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Reprod Biomed Online ISSN: 1472-6483 Impact factor: 3.828