A patient with a progesterone-producing adrenal adenoma who presented with primary amenorrhea.
A case report is presented of a patient with a primary amenorrhea due to a progesterone-producing adrenocortical adenoma. Clinical and endocrinological abnormalities disappeared after removal of the tumor, and the patient experienced her menarche. To our knowledge, a predominantly progesterone-producing adrenal adenoma--in this patient associated with the clinical picture of primary amenorrhea--has not previously been described.
Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands.
P
P
van Zonneveld
H P
HP
Koppeschaar
T W
TW
de Bruin
T M
TM
Vroom
M A
MA
Blankenstein
T J
TJ
van Vroonhoven
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011374:Progesterone / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D011374:Progesterone