Secondary Amenorrhea in a 15-Year-Old Girl

February 2024 in “ Pediatrics in review ”

Adrienne Cheng, Zara Ilahi, Ami Gokli, Sharone Sheffer-Babila

Studysummary This study details a 15-year-old girl with secondary amenorrhea and other symptoms who was found to have a pituitary mass causing multiple hormonal deficiencies, diagnosed as lymphocytic hypophysitis.

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