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    Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008;1135:118-22.

    Autoimmune oophoritis in the adolescent.

    Welt CK.

    Reproductive Endocrine Unit, BHX 511, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. cwelt@partners.org

    Autoimmune oophoritis presents in adolescents as a component of autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type I or type II. Autoimmune oophoritis can be diagnosed in women with primary ovarian insufficiency in the presence of adrenal cortical or steroid cell antibodies, and/or antibodies to adrenal and ovarian steroidogenic enzymes. The ovaries are cystic macroscopically, with a lymphocytic infiltrate in the steroidogenic theca cells. The immune infiltrate results in low estradiol levels and a compensatory increase in FSH levels. Granulosa cells are spared, and inhibin A and B levels are normal to high. Treatment is aimed at symptom relief with further investigation needed to assess treatment options such as immunosuppression.

    PMID: 18574216 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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