Month: December 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