Takahashi Yoshimi, Ninomiya Jun, Horiguchi Jun, Shimizu Hiroyuki, Sato Minoru, Koibuchi Yukio, Yoshida Takashi, Yoshida Miho, Takata Daisuke, Odawara Hiroki, Yokoe Takao, Iino Yuichi, Morishita Yasuo, Mori Masatomo
First Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi.
Intern Med. 2002 Nov;41(11):972-6. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.972.
We report a patient with primary amenorrhea accompanied by adrenal adenoma. A 21-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of primary amenorrhea and hyperprogesteronemia without virilization. Venous sampling showed progesterone overproduction at the left adrenal gland. Computed tomography revealed a 7 cm mass in left adrenal gland. Serum pregnenorone, 17-hydroxypregnenorone, dehydroepiandrosterone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, deoxycorticosterone, and 11-deoxycortisol were elevated. The diagnosis of steroid hormone producing tumor was made. Following tumor resection, serum progesterone normalized 4 days later, and menarche occurred 51 days after operation. The present case indicated that adrenal functioning tumor should not be overlooked in patients with primary amenorrhea.