amenorrhea/vomiting

We report a 16-year-old girl who had stunted growth and primary amenorrhea presenting with headache and vomiting. MRI of brain showed posterior fossa dermoid cyst with hydrocephalus and empty sella. Growth hormone (GH), Leutinizing hormone (LH) and Follicular stimulating hormone (FSH) were grossly

Subperiostal orbital hemorrhage is a rare condition. It usually occurs as a result of trauma or because of a vascular disorder. We present a case of subperiostal orbital hemorrhage induced by effort for vomiting. METHODS A 41-year-old pregnant patient (30 weeks of amenorrhea), with no prior history,

A 54 year old lady presented to our institute with a history of low grade fever for one week associated with occasional loose stools, vomiting and severe malaise. Initial evaluation revealed low serum sodium. An initial diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis with secondary hyponatremia was made. Work up

Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type II (PGA-II) is a rare immunoendocrinopathy syndrome characterized by the occurrence of autoimmune Addison disease along with diabetes mellitus type 1 and/or autoimmune thyroid disease. Here, we report the case of a 23-year-old female with PGA-II who was

BACKGROUND The association of secondary amenorrhea with extreme forms of substance use, weight control, and exercise in nonrepresentative samples raises questions as to whether adolescents in the general population who engage in these behaviors are at increased risk for secondary amenorrhea. We

The efficacy and tolerability of mifepristone in combination with misoprostol for termination of early pregnancy (up to 49 days of amenorrhea) are established. We studied the efficacy and tolerability of this combination therapy for termination of pregnancy in women up to 63 days of amenorrhea. We

A 25-year-old gravida 2 para 1 with 12-week amenorrhoea presented a second time for recurrent vomiting in pregnancy. She was diagnosed to have a missed miscarriage following absent fetal heart seen in an early scan. She opted for conservative management. However, on the third presentation, her

Krukenberg tumor (KT), mostly originates from gastric cancer, is the metastatic tumor of ovaries accounting for 1-2% of all ovarian cancer. Common presenting symptoms include abdominal pain, distension, and ascites. Rests of the patients have non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms including

Three young women who developed amenorrhea secondary to large, unsuspected pituitary tumors are described. They presented with acute onset of the triad of headache, nausea and vomiting, and visual abnormalities. One patient died; the other two retained some sequelae, and one had a significant

A 28-year-old woman with bilateral headaches and vomiting was found to have normal prolactin levels despite an eight-year history of intermittent galactorrhea and amenorrhea and the current finding of a pituitary microadenoma. The microadenoma contained hemosiderin. It is concluded that pituitary

The authors report a case of jaundice occurring secondary to severe vomiting in pregnancy in the first trimester. This is a rare clinical entity (occurring in 0.2-3 cases per thousand) although some people say it does not exist. The physiopathology is still badly understood but it occurs most often

Cabergoline (CAB) is a long-acting dopamine agonist. In the first national study with CAB--as part of an international multicentric study--39 adult and adolescent females (16 to 44 years old) with hyperprolactinemic amenorrhea (18 microadenomas and 21 idiopathic hyperprolactinemias) were evaluated.

Hereditary galactosemia is a biochemical genetic disease due to a deficiency of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) enzyme activity (OMIM 606999). Acute manifestations occur in the neonatal period and are, with rare exceptions, related to lactose ingestion. They include poor feeding and

Hyperthyroidism can occur secondary to gestational trophoblastic disease. The clinical and biochemical data of four women who had hyperthyroidism secondary to gestational trophoblastic disease was analyzed. The parity ranged from primi to gravida four and the period of amenorrhoea from six weeks to