PRIMARY AMENORRHEA OF 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT NO CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES

CHUNG S.H.¹, KIM T.H.², LEE H.H.³, PARK J.⁴, JEON D.S.^5
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, 420-767, Republic of Korea.
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, 420-767, Republic of Korea.
³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, 420-767, Republic of Korea.
⁴Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, 420-767, Republic of Korea.
⁵Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, 420-767, Republic of Korea.

Received : 06-11-2013     Accepted : 05-12-2013     Published : 21-12-2013
Volume : 1     Issue : 1       Pages : 4 - 5
World Res J Med 1.1 (2013):4-5

Primary amenorrhea is defined meaning of no menses by 14 years of age in the absent secondary sexual characteristics or no menses by 16 years of age in the present normal growth and secondary sexual characteristics. Primary amenorrhea, so far from being disease, is a symptom that results from several different causes, including developmental abnormal the genital organs, chromosomal abnormality, non-functioning of ovaries and delayed pubertal development. Also, depending on the cause of primary amenorrhea, diagnosis and adequate management as soon as possible is required, this can occur to prevent or minimize the problems. In this case, 16-year-old woman was diagnosed as primary amenorrhea. She had no menarche and was absence of secondary sexual characteristics. She was performed chromosome analysis, hormonal level evaluation, and ultrasonography (USG). She was diagnosed primary amenorrhea as pituitary originated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and estradiol hormonal treatment was prescribed.