6.
Primary amenorrhoea is associated with:
| a. | Polycystic ovary syndrome. | True |
| b. | Turner’s syndrome. | True |
| c. | Craniopharyngioma. | True |
| d. | Anorexia nervosa. | True |
| e. | Testicular feminisation syndrome. | True |
| f. | Primary hypothyroidism. | True |
| g. | Asherman's syndrome. | False |
Polycystic ovary syndrome, anorexia nervosa and craniopharyngioma usually present with secondary amenorrhoea.
But the could be associated with primary amenorrhoea.
Testicular feminisation syndrome is dealt with in MCQ1, question 34.
Asherman's syndrome (MCQ 10, question 10) is due to curettage removing the endometrium and causing adhesions – “synechiae”.
Such events are pretty unlikely in the pre-pubertal.
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