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Ovarian insufficiency in congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia begins in infancy. 2006

Anastasios Papadimitriou, and Ioanna Fountzoula, and Polyxeni Nicolaidou, and Georgia Tzortzatou
Endocrinology Clinic, Penteli Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece. anpapad@med.uoa.gr

The aim of the present study was to investigate ovarian function in a 46,XX female patient with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (lipoid CAH) during infancy and childhood. We measured serum gonadotropin and estradiol levels regularly from 6 months to 10.9 years of age. Serum FSH levels were clearly elevated during the first 2 years of life; they decreased gradually until the age of 5 years and they then fell into the normal range for a prepubertal female. Serum LH levels were elevated until the age of 2 years and they then fell into the normal range. Serum estradiol levels were always in the normal prepubertal range. Pelvic ultrasonography performed at the age of 9 months and at 9.8 years of age showed normal uterine and ovarian morphology for a prepubertal female. In conclusion, our data suggest that ovarian insufficiency in lipoid CAH begins in infancy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007986 Luteinizing Hormone A major gonadotropin secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Luteinizing hormone regulates steroid production by the interstitial cells of the TESTIS and the OVARY. The preovulatory LUTEINIZING HORMONE surge in females induces OVULATION, and subsequent LUTEINIZATION of the follicle. LUTEINIZING HORMONE consists of two noncovalently linked subunits, alpha and beta. Within a species, the alpha subunit is common in the three pituitary glycoprotein hormones (TSH, LH and FSH), but the beta subunit is unique and confers its biological specificity. ICSH (Interstitial Cell Stimulating Hormone),Interstitial Cell-Stimulating Hormone,LH (Luteinizing Hormone),Lutropin,Luteoziman,Luteozyman,Hormone, Interstitial Cell-Stimulating,Hormone, Luteinizing,Interstitial Cell Stimulating Hormone
D008064 Lipidoses Conditions characterized by abnormal lipid deposition due to disturbance in lipid metabolism, such as hereditary diseases involving lysosomal enzymes required for lipid breakdown. They are classified either by the enzyme defect or by the type of lipid involved. Lipidosis,Lipoidosis
D010049 Ovarian Diseases Pathological processes of the OVARY. Disease, Ovarian,Diseases, Ovarian,Ovarian Disease
D010053 Ovary The reproductive organ (GONADS) in female animals. In vertebrates, the ovary contains two functional parts: the OVARIAN FOLLICLE for the production of female germ cells (OOGENESIS); and the endocrine cells (GRANULOSA CELLS; THECA CELLS; and LUTEAL CELLS) for the production of ESTROGENS and PROGESTERONE. Ovaries
D010750 Phosphoproteins Phosphoprotein
D011627 Puberty A period in the human life in which the development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal system takes place and reaches full maturity. The onset of synchronized endocrine events in puberty lead to the capacity for reproduction (FERTILITY), development of secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS, and other changes seen in ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT. Puberties
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children

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