PITUITARY AND TESTICULAR FUNCTION IN ADOLESCENTS WITH VARICOCELE

The LH and FSH responses post GnRH, and the sex steroid hormone responses post hCG stimulation were evaluated in a group of 41 adolescents (mean age 15.09 +/- 2.27) with unilateral varicocele to study the relation between the pituitary gonadotropin and sex steroid hormone responses to the patients&#...

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Published in:Archives of andrology 1999, Vol.43 (3), p.183-188
Main Authors: Osuna, J.A, Lozano, C, J. R., Cruz, R, Tortolero, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Varicocele
Gnrh
Hcg Tests
Biological and medical sciences
Chorionic Gonadotropin - metabolism
Follicle Stimulating Hormone - metabolism
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone - metabolism
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Leydig Cells - metabolism
Luteinizing Hormone - metabolism
Male
Male genital diseases
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Pituitary Gland - metabolism
Pituitary Gland - physiopathology
Testis - metabolism
Testis - physiopathology
Varicocele - metabolism
Varicocele - physiopathology
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Summary:The LH and FSH responses post GnRH, and the sex steroid hormone responses post hCG stimulation were evaluated in a group of 41 adolescents (mean age 15.09 +/- 2.27) with unilateral varicocele to study the relation between the pituitary gonadotropin and sex steroid hormone responses to the patients' age and pubertal stages. Twenty-two normal boys (mean age 14.90 +/- 1.97) also were studied. In both groups a GnRH stimulation test was performed. Besides this, an hCG test was performed in 7 patients and 7 controls. No significative differences in the LH and FSH responses to the GnRH stimulus were observed in 14 patients at Tanners' pubertal stages 3 to 4 compared to the controls. Twelve (44.44%) patients at Tanners' pubertal stage 5 presented an excessive LH response at 30 and 60 min after GnRH stimulation compared to 12 age- and pubertal stage-matched controls (p
ISSN:0955-3002
0148-5016
1362-3095
1521-0375
DOI:10.1080/014850199262472