DHEAS may be checked to rule out tumors in the adrenal gland. Luteinizing hormone may be checked to analyze fertility in women. Also, 17-hydroxyprogesterone may be checked to examine congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Medical history The doctor will ask about the symptoms you are experiencing, your ...
Low Testosterone Levels in Women Low testosterone can be caused by: Menopause Ovary removal Chemotherapy and radiation Pituitary gland tumors Medications, including contraceptives and corticosteroids Illnesses such as Turner's syndrome and Addison’s disease ...
and endocrine impotence. Testosterone is sometimes used to treat women with reproductive organ and breast tumors, climacteric disorders, and when estrogen drugs are counterproductive. When taken orally, testosterone itself is inactive, and therefore it is generally used in the form of carboxylic acid ...
Discussion: Androgen-producing tumors in women are rare neoplasms that can cause secondary virilizing characteristics. Of patients presenting with symptoms of hyperandrogenism, these tumors are found in 0.2% of cases. Androgen-producing tumors can arise from the ovary or the adrenal gland. Those ...
ANDRODERM is not meant for use by women. IMPORTANT RISK INFORMATION (cont’d) What should I tell my healthcare provider before using ANDRODERM? Before you use ANDRODERM, tell your healthcare provider if you: have breast cancer have or might have prostate cancer ...
Management of congenital or acquired hypogonadotropic hypogonadism such as that resulting from idiopathic gonadotropin or gonadotropin-releasing hormone (luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone) deficiency or from pituitary-hypothalamic injury caused by tumors, trauma, or radiation. Used in the treatment of ...
to other places in the body (metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer). In patients that have developed progressive cancer in spite of standard hormonal treatment, administering supraphysiological testosterone may result in regression of tumors by causing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage in tumor ...
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (congenital or acquired): Gonadotropin or luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) deficiency or pituitary-hypothalamic injury from tumors, trauma, or radiation. These men have low testosterone serum concentrations but have gonadotropins in the normal or low range.Usual...
In women, pregnancy also increases SHBG. High free T in men is rare. It is either due to hormone-producing tumors or the use of anabolic steroids. In comparison, women have higher SHBG levels than men, which keeps most of the testosterone inactivated. Besides, conditions such as obesity, ...
Testosterone has been tested by subcutaneous injection andimplantationin mice and rats. The implant inducedcervical-uterine tumors in mice, which metastasized in some cases. There is suggestive evidence that injection of testosterone into some strains of female mice increases their susceptibility tohepatoma...