HCG and HMG treatment of male infertility with pituitary problems.
A case is presented of a twenty-nine-year-old acromegalic man with sexual problems and fertility disturbance due to pituitary adenoma, who successfully fathered. Various endocrinologic studies, skill x-ray film, and computerized tomography (CT) scan revealed a pituitary adenoma. Testicular biopsy specimen also supported that the cause of sexual problems and fertility disturbance was secondary in origin. One month after transsphenoidal pituitary adenectomy, administration of human chorionic gonadotropin and human menopausal gonadotropin was started. His potency was improved immediately after start of the treatment, and his wife became pregnant five months later.
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000209:etiology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008596:Menotropins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D008596:Menotropins