Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: We report the case of an adult female CAH patient who underwent bilateral adrenalectomy in early puberty because of poorly controlled CAH. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Several years after surgery, she developed secondary amenorrhea and hair loss as a result of androgen overproduction in ovarian adrenal rests that appeared to be detectable only by pelvic venous sampling. After unilateral oophorectomy androgen levels normalized.
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Authors | H L Claahsen-van der Grinten, M M L Stikkelbroeck, J Bulten, M den Heyer |
Journal | Hormone research in paediatrics
(Horm Res Paediatr)
Vol. 80
Issue 4
Pg. 293-8
( 2013)
ISSN: 1663-2826 [Electronic] Switzerland |
PMID | 24107716
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adrenal Glands
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
(blood, surgery)
- Adult
- Androgens
(blood)
- Choristoma
(surgery)
- Female
- Humans
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