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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Amenorrhea, Secondary & Menopause
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Causes of secondary amenorrhea, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Studies, Treatment, Medications, Guidelines, Benefits and risks, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Follow-Up, Prognosis, Complications, Prevention, References,
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Topics Discussed: menopause; secondary physiologic amenorrhea.
Excerpt: | |  High human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
| | – Pregnancy most common cause – Rarely caused by ectopic secretion of hCG by choriocarcinoma or bronchogenic carcinoma |
Hypothalamic-pituitary causes (low-normal follicle-stimulating hormone [FSH]) "Hypothalamic amenorrhea" | | – Idiopathic – Stress – Strict dieting – Vigorous exercise – Organic illness – Anorexia nervosa |
Hyperprolactinemia, pituitary tumors, and corticosteroid excess..."
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