A patient with a progesterone-producing adrenal adenoma who presented with primary amenorrhea

Gynecol Endocrinol. 1995 Sep;9(3):189-94. doi: 10.3109/09513599509160445.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / diagnosis*
  • Adenoma / metabolism
  • Adenoma / pathology
  • Adolescent
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / pathology
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Amenorrhea / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Progesterone / biosynthesis*

Substances

  • Progesterone