title: Ovulation in a postmenopausal woman.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the first documented case of ovulation in a postmenopausal woman.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University reproductive endocrinology and infertility clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 57-year-old woman, who had been postmenopausal for 3 years and presented with breast tenderness and was found to have laboratory and ultrasound evidence of ovulation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laboratory evaluation and transvaginal ultrasound.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ovulation in a postmenopausal woman.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Laboratory evaluations revealed estrogen and progesterone consistent with an ovulatory pattern. Ultrasound revealed a thickened endometrium and a corpus luteum, both of which resolved after menses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first report of ovulation in a postmenopausal woman. This observation opens the door to new questions about the sensitivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis in menopause as well as about ovarian senescence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07101, USA. seungdai@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Aimee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seungdamrong
authors.forename: Gerson
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D004967:Estrogens / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010060:Ovulation / Q000097:blood*; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens