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An Obs/Gyne MCQ
drneel1980 - 09-22-10 20:23
A 30 year old single woman with a low IQ presents at her gynaecologist because she is worried she may be pregnant. She has not had a menstrual period for over 6 months. A pregnancy test is negative. Of note in her past history is that she had received chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Further investigations revealed low serum estrogen and high serum LH/FSH. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis ?
a) galactorrhea amenorrhea syndrome
b) hypothalamic pituitary failure
c) adrenal dysfunction
d) ovarian failure
e) anxiety neurosis
drneel1980 - 09-22-10 20:23
A 30 year old single woman with a low IQ presents at her gynaecologist because she is worried she may be pregnant. She has not had a menstrual period for over 6 months. A pregnancy test is negative. Of note in her past history is that she had received chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Further investigations revealed low serum estrogen and high serum LH/FSH. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis ?
a) galactorrhea amenorrhea syndrome
b) hypothalamic pituitary failure
c) adrenal dysfunction
d) ovarian failure
e) anxiety neurosis
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Re: An Obs/Gyne MCQ babbu5508 - 09-30-10 14:44 could be an ovarian failure and the negative feedback causing increased LH and FSH...ESP. IN VIEW OF THE PRIOR CHEMOTHERAPY
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