title: Spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation caused by a follicle-stimulating hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation resulting from an FSH-secreting pituitary adenoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  University hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 29-year-old previously healthy, nulligravid woman.
  
  
  METHODS
  Transphenoidal resection of the adenoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical remission.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After transphenoidal resection of the adenoma, the patient had an uneventful postoperative recovery with complete resolution of ovarian hyperstimulation and associated symptoms. Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated residual tumor within the cavernous sinus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Follicle-stimulating hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma may present as acute spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation.
authors.affiliation: Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA. jer2004@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spandorfer
authors.forename: Sozos J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Fasouliotis
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zev
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rosenwaks
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D016471:Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone