s The thyroid dysfunction, which is quite prevalent in the population, affects many organs including male and female gonads, thus interfering with the human reproductive physiology. Prolactin has suppressive effect on the pituitary –ovarian axis and may result in amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea due to anovulatory cycles. Hyperprolactinemia is a common problem in reproductive dysfunction, affecting...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of uterine müllerian duct anomalies in a general population. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING University hospital in collaboration with the Danish Civil Registry. PATIENT(S) A total of 1,654 women randomly recruited from a general population; 686 women were eligible and accepted inclusion (429 pre- and 257 postmenopausal). Saline contrast sonohyst...

A 35-year-old female was referred in Mai 1999 to our department for oligomenorrhea, baldness and weight gain evolving over 2 years. She doesn’t have any medical record and she is not taking any specific treatment especially corticosteroids. In her familial history, we found a sister and a niece with breast cancer and a brother died of colon cancer. The physical exam revealed a moon face, a mode...

Two 21-year-old female twins are described. They presented simultaneously with hirsutism and oligomenorrhoea. Investigation showed they had polycystic ovaries, they were identical and were not cases of post-pubertal adrenogenital syndrome.

OBJECTIVE: Some data are available on the association between components of the insulin resistance syndrome and serum ferritin. Insulin resistance is observed in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) We hypothesize that body iron stores might be increased in these women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred and six people (103 PCOS patients and 103 healthy women who were matched for a...

Endometrial adenocarcinoma (EC) usually occurs after menopause, whereas in 2-14% of cases, it occurs in young patients (less than 40 years old) who may desire to keep their fertility. It is of importance to evaluate women for EC when they develop polycystic ovarian syndrome and abnormal uterine bleeding. Its treatment includes hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oo- phorectomy and pelvic lymphaden...

The thyroid dysfunction, which is quite prevalent in the population, affects many organs including male and female gonads, thus interfering with the human reproductive physiology. Prolactin has suppressive effect on the pituitary –ovarian axis and may result in amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea due to anovulatory cycles. Hyperprolactinemia is a common problem in reproductive dysfunction, affecting a...