REI Flashcards
Normal sequence of sexual maturation
Breast budding, then adrenarche (hair growth), a growth spurt and then menarche (around 12).
Critical elements for development of secondary sex characteristics
Adequate body weight (85-106 lbs), sleep and optic exposure to sunlight
Noonan’s syndrome
Short stature, webbed neck, heart defects, abnormal faces, delayed puberty and a normal karyotype.
Turner’s syndrome
45X. Failure to establish secondary sexual characteristics, short stature, pterygium colli, shield chest and cubitus valgus.
Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome
Vaginal and uterine agenesis
Treatment for Kallman syndrome
Pulsatile GnRH agonist. This is because in Kallman syndrome there is olfactory tract hypoplasia and the arcuate nucleus does not secrete GnRH.
True precocious puberty treatment
Due to increased pulsatile GnRH secretion at a young age, treat with continuous GnRH agonist if onset occurs well before avg puberty onset. If close to avg age observation is appropriate.
CNS abnormalities that can cause precocious puberty
Tumors (astrocytomas, gliomas, germ cell tumors secreting hCG; hypothalamic hamartomas; acquired CNS injury caused by inflammation, surgery, trauma, radiation therapy, or abscess; or congenital anomalies (hydrocephalus, arachnoid cysts, suprasellar cysts).
McCune Albright Syndrome
Premature menses before breast and pubic hair development, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia and cafe au lait spots. This is a result of continuous activation of Gs subunit that causes autonomous activation of hormone synthesis.
Treatment for a child with precocious adrenarche due to CAH
Steroid replacement. This will allow for less ACTH secretion by the hypothalamus and less production of androgens.
Normal age of menarche
9-17
Anomalies that commonly occur in patients with Mullerian agenesis
Renal
Transverse vaginal septum
Normal vaginal opening with a short blind vagina and pelvic mass
Imperforate hymen presentation
Bluish vaginal mass with menstrual cycle pelvic pain due to blood accumulation behind the hymen.
Causes of hypothalamic-pituitary amenorrhea
FUNCTIONAL: weight loss, obesity, excessive exercise. DRUGS: marijuana and tranquilizers. CANCER :pituitary adenomas. PSYCH: chronic anxiety and anorexia, and other chronic medical conditions.
Most common cause of amenorrhea
Pregnancy
Why does Asherman’s syndrome cause amenorrhea?
D&C or endometritis causes intrauterine synechiae or adhesions due to trauma to the basal layer of the endometrium, which causes amenorrhea.
Normal labs to assess ovarian function
Day 3 FSH, AMH, prolactin, day 21 progesterone, TSH and estrogen levels.
Risk for “post pill” amenorrhea
Hx of oligomenorrhea prior to starting the pill
r/o adrenal tumor as cause of hirsutism
DHEA-S and testosterone levels
r/o pituitary cause of hirsutism
Prolactin and TSH
r/o CAH as cause of hirsutism
17-OH-progesterone
Why use OCPs to help women with PCOS?
They establish regular menses, lower ovarian androgen production and cause an increase in SHBG which allows more testosterone to be bound and unavailable at the hair follicle…reducing hirsutism
Cause of postpartum hair loss
Estrogen increases “synchrony” of hair growth, causing hair to grow and be shed at the same time.
Presentation of Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors in women
Rapid onset of hirsutism and virilizing signs (acne, amenorrhea, clitoral hypertrophy, deepening of the voice), suppression of FSH and LH, elevation of testosterone and presence of an ovarian mass.
Hyperthecosis
More severe form of PCOS with diabetes, hair thinning, deepening of the voice and temporal balding.