The role of ultrasound in the study of polycystic ovarian disease
| Autor: | Silvio Casciano, Luigi Parisi, Oscar Gazzarrini, Alberto Zurli, Maria Tramonti |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.drug_class Physiology Ovary Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Basal (phylogenetics) Internal medicine medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Testosterone Ultrasonography business.industry Luteinizing Hormone Androgen Polycystic ovarian disease Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Female Gonadotropin Luteinizing hormone business Hormone Polycystic Ovary Syndrome |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU. 10(4) |
| ISSN: | 0091-2751 |
| Popis: | Seventy-eight patients with clinical findings pointing to possible polycystic ovarian disease (POD) were studied by ultrasound examination. The endocrine status of each patient was evaluated by assay of blood progesterone levels and gonadotropin luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone (LH-FSH), both under basal conditions and after luteinizing hormone releasing factor (LH-RH) and androgen hormone stimulation (testosterone and 17-ketosteroids under basal conditions and after a suppression test with dexamethasone). POD was diagnosed in nine cases and confirmed in four at operation. Ultrasound examination as an aid to POD diagnosis is discussed and its value underlined as a precise method in determining ovarian size, shape, and structure, and as a follow-up for patients after surgery. |
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