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TABLE 9-3. Some Common Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea.
| Site of Defect
| Cause
|
| Uterus |
Adhesions after postpartum inflection or surgery |
| Ovary |
Autoimmune desease
Radio- or chemotherapy
Gonadotropin resistanse
|
| Pituitary |
Hyperprolactinemia
Postpartum panhypopituitarism
Ptuitary tumors
|
| Hypothalamus |
Psychogenic(stress)
Starvation (anorexia nervosa)
Hypothalamic tumors
|
| Extrinsic to hypothalamohypophyseal-ovarian axis |
Steroid ingestion
Post-pill aminorrhea
Extraovarian estrogen (obesity)
Other endocrinopathies |
