Year: 2018

Androsteroma Androsteroma is a hormone-active tumor of the adrenal cortex, originating mainly from its reticular zone, excessively secreting corticosteroids, but mainly androgens, and characterized by a clinical picture similar to congenital dysfunction of the adrenal

Congenital virilizing hyperplasia of the adrenal cortex Congenital virilizing hyperplasia of the adrenal cortex is a disease caused by a congenital disorder of the biological synthesis of hormones in the adrenal cortex, resulting in excessive

Pheochromocytoma A pheochromocytoma is a hormonally active tumor arising from the chromaffin medulla of the adrenal glands, paganglia or sympathetic nodes. The disease is relatively rare and averages 1-3 cases per 10 000 patients. Among

DISEASES OF THE SEXUAL GLANDS The ovaries are a paired organ located in the pelvic cavity on the back leaf of its own ligament. The length of each ovary is 3-4 cm, width 2-2.5 cm,

Secondary hypogonadism Secondary hypogonadism is a syndrome caused by a decrease in the production of gonadotropic hormones of the anterior pituitary gland, resulting in a sharp decrease in estrogen secretion by the ovaries, and characterized

Primary hypogonadism Primary hypogonadism is a syndrome caused by the direct effect of the pathological process on ovarian function, as a result of which a sharp decrease in estrogen secretion occurs. Etiology. Primary ovarian failure

Pathological menopause Climax – a normal physiological state of the body, the transition from reproductive period to menopause. It is caused by the age-related involutional rearrangement in the higher parts of the central nervous system,

Early puberty Stein-Leventhal syndrome is characterized by menstrual disorders, infertility, bilateral ovarian enlargement, hirsutism in the female phenotype. The syndrome occurs in 1.45–2.8% of all gynecological diseases; it occurs in women more often at the

Hormonally active ovarian tumors Ovarian granulocellular tumor is a tumor arising from the granulosa cells of the follicles or from embryonic remnants of granulosa cells that are not associated with the follicles. Tecoma is a

Arrhenoblastoma Arrhenoblastoma is a tumor emanating from the male elements of the female gonad. It is the most common virilizing ovarian tumor. Arrhenoblastoma develops at any age, often in childbearing. Etiology. The cause of the