title: Hormones and the pathophysiology of fibrocystic mastopathy: elevated luteinizing hormone levels.
abstract: Serum levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin, testosterone, estrone, and estradiol were measured weekly for 1 month in 12 menstruating women with fibrocystic mastopathy. LH levels were abnormally elevated. The remainder of hormone levels were essentially normal. Elevated serum LH may be secondary to hypothalamic-pituitary, ovulatory, or corpus luteum dysfunction. The roles of hormonal abnormalities in the pathogenesis of fibroycstic mastopathy are not known.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D004970:Estrone / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D004970:Estrone; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol; D011388:Prolactin; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone