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D Mühlenstedt

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[Clinical endocrine investigations in patients with pituitary adenoma (author's transl)].

LH-RH tests of hypothalamo-pituitary gonadotropinfunction were performed in 26 patients with pituitary adenomata before and after prolactin suppression and/or surgical treatment. Various degrees of galactorrhea together with menstrual disorders were the key symptoms in all patients. There was a significant association of elevated prolactin levels with impaired LH-responses. Seven patients have undergone transspenoidal dissection of the pituitary adenoma and in five of them the pituitary LH-response reverted to normal (R2) after surgery. Nine of 15 amenorrhoic patients had a recurrence of menstrual cyclicity, partly biphasic within 3 months and a normalized LH-response after Bromocriptin therapy. 19 of our patients were desirous of pregnancy. Five pregnancies were confirmed within 4 months of treatment.

Adenoma, Acidophil↗

Gonadotrophin release during chronic administration of D-ser (TBU)6 LH-RH-EA in functional amenorrhoea.

Six women with long-standing functional amenorrhoea were treated with 5 microgram of D-Ser (TBU)6 LH-RH-EA twice daily for 14 days. The functional states of the gonadostats, as assessed by a 25 microgram LH-RH test dose, varied widely before the treatment was started whereas at the end of it they were uniformly low. In all patients D-Ser (TBU)6 LH-RH-EA induced gonadotrophin release, the peak values occuring between day 1 and 3 of therapy. Despite further injections mean gonadotrophin levels declined rapidly therafter and remained in the basal range for the rest of the study. Release of oestradiol was very uncharacteristic. No consistent ovarian response pattern was observed during the analogue administration. It is obvious that chronic stimulation with D-Ser (TBU)6 LH-RH-EA leads to a decreased responsiveness of the pituitary gland.

Adult↗

[A case of spontaneous rupture of the uterus (author's transl)].

A 22 year old primigravida at 40+ weeks gestation had an i.v. induction of labour with 5-10 mU/min oxytocin for 3 h which resulted in fetal distress without bleeding at 5 cm dilatation at station -3, vertex transverse. At emergency Caesarean section an occult rupture of the uterus was found. Maternal height 168 cm, weight 71.0 kg. Fetal length 53 cm, weight 4080 g. The problems of spontaneous rupture of the uterus without detectable prior damage of the uterine wall are discussed.

Adult↗

Prolactin oversuppression.

Patients with primary infertility due to hyperprolactinemic corpus luteum insufficiency and oligomenorrhea were treated with Bromocriptin. Suppression of serum prolactin for up to four menstrual cycles resulted in a normalisation of the length of the cycle(32 vs 28 days) as well as of luteal progesterone secretion. In addition, ovulation occurred earlier after than before treatment (on day 14 vs day 18). When, however, prolactin concentrations reached levels of less than 120 muU/ml (3 ng/ml), which were observed during the 5th and 6th treatment course, reappearance of shortened luteal phase occurred probably due to oversuppression of prolactin. Premenstrual spottings were observed too. The data presented indicate that minimal prolactin is required for normal follicular maturation and luteal development. On the other hand, the gonadostat may be susceptable to the dopaminergic stimulus of Bromocriptin to a different extent as oversuppression of prolactin is not observed in hyperprolactinemic anovulatory syndromes. Thus, treatment with Bromocriptin requires a continuous monitoring of serum prolactin as well as individual treatment regimens.

Bromocriptine↗

[Pseudohermaphroditism due to XY gonadal absence syndrome (author's transl)].

A case about a 16 year old individual is presented, in whom no internal genitals and vagina were found; no signs of breast development, axillary and pubic hair growth could be detected. The external genitals were hypoplastic. A sinus urogenitalis was present. The sex chromosome pattern was normal male (XY). On both sides of the pelvic wall rudiments of the Fallopian tube were observed by laparoscopy. Testosterone, estradiol, 17 alpha-OH-progesterone as well as androstendione-secretion could not be stimulated by HCG. Basal and LH-RH stimulated gonadotropins indicated a hypergonadotropic state. Height and bodyweight were in the range of a 12-year old boy, the bone age correlated with 14 years.

Adolescent↗