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Original Research
Hormonal prophile following total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo oophorectomy in post-menopausal endometrial carcinoma
D. Marchesoni1, M. Gangemi1, T. Maggino1, D. Paternoster1, B. Mozzanega1, F. Sormani-Zodo1, E. Vincenti2
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1
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Padua (Italy)
2
Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Padua (Italy)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 1982, 9(4), 238–242;
Published: 10 December 1982
Abstract
The Authors report the results of study carried out on ten post-menopausal patients affected with endometrial carcinoma (FIGO stage I & II) who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TAH & BSO). Estradiol, Testosterone and Prolactin plasma levels were assayed before surgery and in the 2nd, 10th and 30th post-operative day. The evaluation of the data supports the opinion that in postmenopause Estradiol origin is mainly extraglandular and the ovaries produce Testosterone; the evaluation of Prolactin levels before and after surgery, at last, cannot rule out the hypothesis of an hypothalamo-pituitary disfunction in post-menopausal patients affected with endometrial cancer.