Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Alternative names:
gonadotropin deficiency; Kallmann syndrome; hypogonadotropic
hypogonadism and anosmia, hypogonadism with anosmia; secondary
hypogonadism
Symptoms:
- lack of development at puberty, incomplete development
or significant delay of pubertal development
- prebubertal testicular size in adolescence
- absence of any secondary sexual development
- short stature may be associated with some forms of hypogonadism
- anosmia (inability to smell)
Signs and tests:
- gonadotropins and gonadal steroid serum levels
- GnRH stimulation test
- repeated measurements of FSH and LH
levels (in females)
- blood chemistry, FSH
levels
- MRI of the head
Updated Date: 02/09/00
Updated By:J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director,
Utah Health Informatics and adam.com
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