Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Jan 2015)

Autoimmune oophoritis: A rarely encountered ovarian lesion

  • Sunitha Jacob,
  • Murat Koc

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0377-4929.155335
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 2
pp. 249 – 251

Abstract

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Autoimmune oophoritis is a rare disorder causing ovarian failure clinically characterized by amenorrhea and infertility. It often occurs in a setting of autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes. A 38-year-old female presented with a 3 years history of secondary amenorrhea. She was on treatment for Hashimoto′s thyroiditis and Addison′s disease. The ovaries were cystic and histologically featured by folliculotropic lymphoplasmacytic inflammatory infiltrate concentrated in the theca interna layer of developing follicles, but sparing the primordial follicles.

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