LE 1 Flashcards
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Due to a hypoxic event caused by hemorrhage DURING pregnancy…
Sheehan’s syndrome.
Single contour of breast and areola.
Adult hair in thickness and texture; midline distribution.
B5
PH4
TRUE OR FALSE:
Blind girls have menarche earlier.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE:
Peak heigh velocity is earlier in girls than in boys.
TRUE
Increase in gonadal estrogen.
Gonadarche
Irregular, prolonged, excessive menses
Menometrorrhagia
Regular, prolonged, excessive menses
Menorrhagia
How many days of no menses to consider amenorrhea?
90 days
17 years old never had menses. Breasts and pubic hair are B1PH1. Initial diagnosis?
Primary Amenorrhea
XX Karyotype
Mullerian agenesis/anomalies
XY Karyotype
Androgen insensitivity (Testicular feminization)
Formation of intrauterine adhesions secondary to uterine manipulation.
Ashermann’s Syndrome
Most common cause of primary amenorrhea
Gonadal dysgenesis
Turner’s syndrome
45X
Uterus present
Breast development absent
Elevated progesterone levels
17 a hydroxylase deficiency
46XX
Most common non-prolactin secreting tumor of the pituitary
Chromophobe adenoma
Compartment IV is disoders of ____________?
Hypothalamus
Use of OCPs inhibit ovulaion by acting both at these two sites.
Hypothalamus & Pituitary
Increase in dopamine will ___________ LH/FSH levels
Decrease (due to inhibition of GnRH release)
Diagnostic marker for patients with anorexia nervosa
Serum T3 levels
Most common female endocrine disorder
PCOS
Rotterdam Criteria
- Oligo-ovulation/Anovulation
- Ultrasound findings of polycystic ovaries
- Hyperandrogenism
Hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction has Estradiol levels of
> 40 pg/nl
Normal menstruation:
Interval
Amount
Duration
21-35 days
35 ml
4-7 days
An oocyte arrested at prophase
Enveloped by a single layer of spindle-shaped pregranulosa cells, surrounde by a basement membrane
Primordial follicle
