title: Primary amenorrhea. Varied etiology.
abstract: Investigation of primary amenorrhea is usually initiated by the age of 14 years if there is delayed puberty absent secondary sexual characteristics and absent menses, or no menstruation within 4 years of the onset of adrenarche and thelarche. We established diagnosis in our 3 cases on the basis of chromosomal analysis, hormonal analysis, diagnostic laparoscopy, and histopathological examination of the samples biopsied. We identified 3 varied etiologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nizwa Hospital, PO Box 1222, Postal Code 611, Al-Dakhliya Region, Sultanate of Oman. sangeeta_1965@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sangeeta M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Ilham M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Hamdi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D042341:Gonadal Hormones / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D007006:Hypogonadism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler
chemical_list: D042341:Gonadal Hormones