Male Hypogonadisim

Question 1

• Kallmann syndrome is a form of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

Answer 1

With either incompletely (hyposmia) or completely (anosmia).

develop eunuchoidism.

Question 2

Weight loss or systemic illness in male patients can cause

Answer 2

Another form of secondary hypogonadism, hypothalamic dysfunction.

Question 3

The most common congenital cause of primary testicular failure is

Answer 3

Klinefelter’s syndrome,

small, firm testes measuring less than 2 cm
Azoospermia;
Eunuchoid skeletal proportions

Question 4

myotonic dystrophy

Answer 4

Primary gonadal failure i

Question 5

Bilateral anorchia is differentiated from cryptorchidism by

Answer 5

An HCG stimulation test

Patients with cryptorchidism have an increase in serum testosterone level after an injection of HCG,whereas patients with bilateral anorchia do not.

Question 6

Defects in Androgen Action

Answer 6

of testicular feminization, a form of male pseudohermaphroditism. (Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome)

The labial-scrotal folds fail to fuse =short vagina

phenotypic females.

uterus is absent due to Anti-Müllerian duct hormone

Question 7

Partial forms of androgen insensitivity

Answer 7

who lack the 5α-reductase enzyme

Question 8

SHBG may increase with

Answer 8

smoking
excessive coffee consumption
age,
disease processes such as hepatitis and hyperthyroidism.

Question 9

Diagnosis requires a low serum testosterone level on

Answer 9

at least two separate occasions in conjunction with at least one clinical symptom.

Question 10

Diagnosis

Question 11

The most common cause of primary amenorrhea is

The second most common cause is

Answer 11

Gonadal dysgenesis, which is found in Turner syndrome.

müllerian agenesis, a congenital malformation resulting in lack of uterine development and vaginal hypoplasia.