Introduction: During puberty, menarche represents the most important event in females. Amenorrhea is defined as the absence of menstruation during puberty. Aim: To evaluate the adolescents with amenorrhea and to analyzed the management of these patients. Material and method: We analyzed 216 patients admitted to the Endocrinology Department over a period of five years, from 2007 to 2012. The stu...

Amenorrhea is the absence or abnormal cessation of the menses (1). Primary and secondary amenorrhea describe the occurrence of amenorrhea before and after menarche, respectively. The majority of the causes of primary and secondary amenorrhea are similar. Timing of the evaluation of primary amenorrhea recognizes the trend to earlier age at menarche and is therefore indicated when there has been ...

Background and Objectives: Primary amenorrhea is not a disease but a symptom that may result from several quite different causes. Common hormonal cause of primary amenorrhea includes constitutional delay, hypothalamic –pituitary dysfunction, chronic systemic disease and absent ovarian function. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of the chromosomal abnormality referred for karyo...

background: mccune albright syndrome is rare with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 1,000,000 persons. the classical clinical triad consists of fibrous dysplasia of the bone, café-au-lait skin spots and precocious puberty. however, in rare cases, there may be primary hypogonadism and amenorrhea. case presentation: an eighteen-year-old female presented with amenorrhea. she had a sh...