Steroid profiles of follicular fluids from a patient with the empty follicle syndrome.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1988
Abstract
Steroid profiles of follicular fluid obtained from a patient during a cycle in which no oocytes were recovered in 12 follicular aspirates were compared with those of fluid obtained both from cycles of the same patient and from cycles of other patients when oocytes were recovered. Follicles aspirated in the cycle when no oocytes were recovered were shown to be neither atretic follicles, follicular cysts, nor prematurely luteinized follicles. The steroid profile of follicular fluid from the index cycle was characterized by a markedly increased estradiol-to-progesterone ratio and an increased androstenedione level. This, together with a comparison to the steroid profiles of fluid from follicles containing either fertilizable or nonfertilizable oocytes, suggests that the empty follicle syndrome may reflect a dysfunctional ovulation induction.
Volume
49
Issue
1
First Page
104
Last Page
107
ISSN
0015-0282
Published In/Presented At
Tsuiki, A., Rose, B. I., & Hung, T. T. (1988). Steroid profiles of follicular fluids from a patient with the empty follicle syndrome. Fertility and sterility, 49(1), 104–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59658-7
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
3335255
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article