Pregnancy after corticosteroid administration in premature ovarian failure (polyglandular endocrinopathy syndrome).
A patient with polyglandular failure syndrome first had documented ovarian failure at age 28 years. Fifteen years later after treatment for Addisonian crisis, she resumed menses, conceived, and was delivered of a normal infant. Patients with this syndrome should be identified because they are at risk for other endocrinopathies and because they may have a treatable form of ovarian failure.
Cowchock
F S
FS
Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
McCabe
J L
JL
Montgomery
B B
BB
D000224:Addison Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000187:drug effects*; D008594:Menopause, Premature / Q000187:drug effects*; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000187:drug effects*
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones