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Radiographic Abnormalities in Patients with Stein‐Leventhal Syndrome
Author(s) -
Tzingounis Vassilios,
Alperin Henry,
Natrajan Puthugramam
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1978.tb00419.x
Subject(s) - sella turcica , medicine , radiography , skull , prolactin , pneumoencephalography , radiology , surgery , hormone
Radiographic abnormalities in 254 patients with Stein‐Leventhal syndrome are presented in a retrospective study of the six‐year period from 1972–1977. Twenty‐two (8.7%) of the patients were found to have abnormal sella turcica x‐rays, eight (3.2%) patients had abnormal hysterosalpingograms and five (2.0%) patients had abnormal intravenous pyelograms. In addition, three patients with an abnormal sella turcica had serum prolactin levels greater than 45 ng/ml, which should be regarded as evidence of a pituitary adenoma. These findings suggest that serum prolactin assays and skull x‐rays with polytomography should be routinely performed on patients with Stein‐Leventhal syndrome.