Persistent progesterone production associated with autoimmune oophoritis. A case report.
A woman with autoimmune oophoritis was found to have luteal phase progesterone levels throughout a six-month period of amenorrhea. The common presentation of amenorrhea or metrorrhagia, despite the presence of a corpus luteum, in women with autoimmune oophoritis might result from this chronic progesterone production. A clinical picture consistent with a persistent corpus luteum may be a very early sign of autoimmune oophoritis.
D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003340:Corpus Luteum Maintenance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009869:Oophoritis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D011374:Progesterone