Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 Jul;91(7):908-26. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.04.022. Epub 2016 Jun 21.
In August 2015, an expert colloquium commissioned by the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) convened in Washington, DC, to discuss the common clinical scenario of men who present with low testosterone (T) and associated signs and symptoms accompanied by low or normal gonadotropin levels. This syndrome is not classical primary (testicular failure) or secondary (pituitary or hypothalamic failure) hypogonadism because it may have elements of both presentations. The panel designated this syndrome adult-onset hypogonadism (AOH) because it occurs commonly in middle-age and older men. The SMSNA is a not-for-profit society established in 1994 to promote, encourage, and support the highest standards of practice, research, education, and ethics in the study of human sexual function and dysfunction. The panel consisted of 17 experts in men's health, sexual medicine, urology, endocrinology, and methodology. Participants declared potential conflicts of interest and were SMSNA members and nonmembers. The panel deliberated regarding a diagnostic process to document signs and symptoms of AOH, the rationale for T therapy, and a monitoring protocol for T-treated patients. The evaluation and management of hypogonadal syndromes have been addressed in recent publications (ie, the Endocrine Society, the American Urological Association, and the International Society for Sexual Medicine). The primary purpose of this document was to support health care professionals in the development of a deeper understanding of AOH, particularly in how it differs from classical primary and secondary hypogonadism, and to provide a conceptual framework to guide its diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.
2015 年 8 月,北美性医学学会(SMSNA)委托召开了一次专家座谈会,在华盛顿特区讨论了一种常见的临床情况,即出现低睾酮(T)和相关症状和体征的男性,同时伴有低或正常的促性腺激素水平。这种综合征不是经典的原发性(睾丸衰竭)或继发性(垂体或下丘脑衰竭)性腺功能减退症,因为它可能兼有这两种表现。专家组将这种综合征命名为成年发病型性腺功能减退症(AOH),因为它常见于中年和老年男性。SMSNA 是一个成立于 1994 年的非营利性协会,旨在促进、鼓励和支持人类性功能和性功能障碍研究中最高标准的实践、研究、教育和伦理。专家组由 17 名男性健康、性医学、泌尿科、内分泌学和方法学方面的专家组成。参与者宣布了潜在的利益冲突,并为 SMSNA 成员和非成员。专家组就记录 AOH 的体征和症状的诊断过程、T 治疗的基本原理以及 T 治疗患者的监测方案进行了审议。最近的出版物已经讨论了低性腺激素综合征的评估和管理(即,内分泌学会、美国泌尿外科学会和国际性医学学会)。本文件的主要目的是支持医疗保健专业人员更深入地了解 AOH,特别是了解它与经典原发性和继发性性腺功能减退症的不同之处,并提供一个概念框架来指导其诊断、治疗和随访。