Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism in a Patient with Vanishing Testis Syndrome - Case Report

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Author	Szántó, Z. Nagy, Annamária Beldean, Monica Calancea, Igor Kun, Imre Zoltan
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	We report a case detected with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism after puberty time. The 28-years-old patient was diagnosed with bilateral cryptorchidism and phymosis at birth. At 1, than 3 and 7-years-of-age surgical explorations have not found the testes. Meanwhile one cure of hCG therapy was applied, without any success. Endocrine investigations continued just at 24 years-of-age (in 2011): infantile external male genitalia, undeveloped male secondary sexual characters Surprisingly, very low LH (0.13 mIU/mL) and FSH (0.7 mIU/mL) with low free testosterone level (1.64 pg/mL, normal: 5.5-42) were detected. normal hypothalamic-pituitary system on MRI abdominal and pelvic MRI: the gonads were not found, hypoplastic prostate and seminal vesicles Karyotype: 46,XY
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