KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 14 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 35-year-old patient diagnosed with sterility came to gynaecological department for diagnostic biopsy of endometrium. Microscopic examination revealed that mucous membrane is edematous, uterine glands are convoluted and filled with thick secreta. Such changes in the endometrium are caused by excess of the following hormon:
- A. Progesterone
- B. Somatotropin
- C. Testosterone
- D. ACTH
- E. Estrogen
Hint
Ask which ovarian hormone, secreted by the corpus luteum, drives the second half of the menstrual cycle when the glands become tortuous and secrete.
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