KROK 1 2018 – Question 4 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 16-year-old girl presents with no hair on the pubis and in the armpits, her mammary glands are underdeveloped, no menstruations. What hormone imbalance can it be indicative of?
- A. Ovarian failure
- B. Hyperthyroidism
- C. Pancreatic islet failure
- D. Hypothyroidism
- E. Adrenal medulla hyperfunction
Hint
Match the missing features, breast development, menses and body hair, to the hormones that normally produce them, and then to the organ that secretes those hormones.
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