Adult-onset idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism presented with erectile and ejaculatory disorder

Int J Urol. 2002 Oct;9(10):604-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2002.00522.x.

Abstract

A 37-year-old man who had fathered a child five years previously presented with erectile and ejaculatory disorder. Endocrinological examinations revealed isolated luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) deficiency of hypothalamus, resulting in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and no causative abnormality was detected in imaging studies, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Having a diagnosis of adult-onset hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, the patient received pulsatile subcutaneous administration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Sperm analysis and serum level of testosterone improved to normal in a few months. His wife became pregnant using artificial insemination with her husband's semen 15 months after the beginning of the treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Female
  • Fertility Agents, Male / administration & dosage*
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / administration & dosage*
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / deficiency
  • Humans
  • Hypogonadism / complications
  • Hypogonadism / drug therapy*
  • Hypothalamic Diseases / complications
  • Hypothalamic Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Insemination, Artificial, Homologous
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / complications
  • Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / drug therapy*
  • Sperm Count
  • Testosterone / blood
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Fertility Agents, Male
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • Testosterone