Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH), hypothalamic hypogonadism and alopecia universalis occurred in a 31-year-old female with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Despite various clinical investigations and careful observation for 20 months, the cause and pathogenesis of SIADH and hypothalamic hypogonadism were not elucidated. The complex of these disorder...

CONTEXT Multiple morning testosterone levels are needed to establish the presence of male hypogonadism and to justify its replacement therapy. Any influence on these levels by short-term opioid ingestion has not, however, been reported. CASE DESCRIPTION Serial testosterone levels are reported at 2-hour intervals once weekly for 22 weeks in a man after his ingestion of 0, 5, or 10 mg of hydroc...

According to World Health Organization estimates, 5% of the adult population worldwide suffers from depression. In addition affective, psychomotor and cognitive symptoms which characterize this mood disorder, sexual dysfunction has been frequently reported among men suffering The most common manifestations are decreased libido, erectile orgasmic disorder. addition, epidemiological studies have ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults. It affects many organs and systems besides muscle. Aim of this study was to assess frequency of erectile dysfunction (ED) and hypogonadism, the correlation between them and the impact of ED on quality of life (QoL) in patients with DM1. A series of 25 men (aged from 22 to 58 years) with a diagnosis of DM1 w...

Objective Late-onset hypogonadism, or androgen deficiency in the aging male, is a significant cause of morbidity in older men. Many men in the low normal or equivocal range for low testosterone level exhibit signs and symptoms of hypogonadism. Serum testosterone is an imperfect maker for hypogonadism as symptoms vary greatly within the low to low normal range in addition to variations among tes...

Erectile dysfunction (ED), metabolic syndrome (MetS), and hypogonadism are closely related, often coexisting in the aging male. Obesity was shown to raise the risk of ED and hypogonadism, as well as other endocrinological disturbances with impact on erectile function. We selected 179 patients referred for ED to our andrology unit, aiming to evaluate gonadotropins and estradiol interplay in cont...