The evolution of polycystic ovaries in a girl with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism before puberty and during puberty induced with pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
We describe a girl of 12.7 years who had GnRH deficiency after surgery and radiotherapy for a craniopharyngioma at age 5 years. She had large cystic ovaries with a small uterus in the absence of spontaneous gonadotropin pulsatility. Puberty was induced by low-dose pulsatile GnRH treatment over a 1.5-year period. In the perimenarcheal period, ovarian morphology became typical of PCO with abnormal diurnal pulsatile gonadotropin secretion. These data suggest that PCO is primarily a disorder of the ovary and that the observed gonadotropin abnormalities are secondary to the ovarian lesion.
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D007006:Hypogonadism / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D010906:Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011627:Puberty / Q000187:drug effects*; D014463:Ultrasonography
D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary; D010906:Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones