Prapti Singh1, Ariela Agress2, Vanessa Kasarah Madrigal2, Clara Magyar3, Nora Ostrzega3, Gregorio Daniel Chazenbalk2, Daniel Anthony Dumesic2. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. 3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
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CONTEXT: Ovarian hyperandrogenism from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and hyperinsulinemia from insulin resistance are modulators of ovarian follicle development. We report on a woman with PCOS and hyperandrogenism and severe insulin resistance from metabolic syndrome who received long-term GnRH analogue therapy preceding bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for massive ovarian enlargement. Ovarian histological examination showed proliferating granulosa cells within antral follicles coexistent with serous cystadenofibromas, demonstrating a unique link between hyperinsulinemia and granulosa cell mitogenesis. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 30-year-old woman with PCOS with hyperandrogenism, severe insulin resistance from metabolic syndrome, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis experienced abdominal pain from bilaterally enlarged ovaries. She had previously experienced a pulmonary embolism while taking oral contraceptives and hepatotoxicity from metformin and spironolactone therapies. Long-term GnRH analogue therapy to induce pituitary desensitization to GnRH successfully decreased gonadotropin-dependent steroidogenesis without improving insulin resistance. Despite GnRH analogue therapy, progressive ovarian enlargement in the presence of hyperinsulinemia from worsening metabolic function eventually required bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for removal of massively enlarged ovaries. Histological examination showed both ovaries contained proliferating granulosa cells within antral follicles coexistent with serous cystadenofibromas. CONCLUSIONS: In women with PCOS and hyperinsulinemia from severe insulin resistance due to metabolic syndrome, granulosa cell proliferation within antral follicles can occur despite long-term GnRH analogue therapy, implicating hyperinsulinemia as a granulosa cell mitogen in the absence of gonadotropin-dependent ovarian function.
CONTEXT: Ovarianhyperandrogenism from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and hyperinsulinemia from insulin resistance are modulators of ovarian follicle development. We report on a woman with PCOS and hyperandrogenism and severe insulin resistance from metabolic syndrome who received long-term GnRH analogue therapy preceding bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for massive ovarian enlargement. Ovarian histological examination showed proliferating granulosa cells within antral follicles coexistent with serous cystadenofibromas, demonstrating a unique link between hyperinsulinemia and granulosa cell mitogenesis. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 30-year-old woman with PCOS with hyperandrogenism, severe insulin resistance from metabolic syndrome, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis experienced abdominal pain from bilaterally enlarged ovaries. She had previously experienced a pulmonary embolism while taking oral contraceptives and hepatotoxicity from metformin and spironolactone therapies. Long-term GnRH analogue therapy to induce pituitary desensitization to GnRH successfully decreased gonadotropin-dependent steroidogenesis without improving insulin resistance. Despite GnRH analogue therapy, progressive ovarian enlargement in the presence of hyperinsulinemia from worsening metabolic function eventually required bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for removal of massively enlarged ovaries. Histological examination showed both ovaries contained proliferating granulosa cells within antral follicles coexistent with serous cystadenofibromas. CONCLUSIONS: In women with PCOS and hyperinsulinemia from severe insulin resistance due to metabolic syndrome, granulosa cell proliferation within antral follicles can occur despite long-term GnRH analogue therapy, implicating hyperinsulinemia as a granulosa cell mitogen in the absence of gonadotropin-dependent ovarian function.
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