Premature ovarian failure

morphologicaland ultrastructural aspects

Authors

  • Mauro Abi Haidar Universidade Federal de São Paulo
  • Edmund Chada Baracat Universidade Federal de São Paulo
  • Manuel de Jesus Simões Universidade Federal de São Paulo
  • Gustavo Rubino de Azevedo Focchi Universidade Federal de São Paulo
  • Joaquim Evêncio Neto Universidade Federal de São Paulo
  • Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Keywords:

premature ovarian failure, corpora albicantia, morphology

Abstract

The authors documented by means of light and transmission electron microscopy that the ovaries of women with premature ovarian failure (POF) displayed dense connective tissue and rare corpora albicantia. Eight of the ten studied cases did not present ovarian follicles; in two cases, it was verified the presence of ovarian follicles, atypical primordial follicles and in one case, a corpus luteum was identified (after stimulation with exogenous gonadotrophin). Regarding the ultrastructural analysis, it was noted that the fibroblasts were united one to each other by cellular prolongations that formed a woof, constituting a cellular syncicius.

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Author Biographies

Mauro Abi Haidar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologyand Department of Morplwlogy, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Edmund Chada Baracat, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologyand Department of Morplwlogy, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Manuel de Jesus Simões, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologyand Department of Morplwlogy, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Gustavo Rubino de Azevedo Focchi, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologyand Department of Morplwlogy, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Joaquim Evêncio Neto, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologyand Department of Morplwlogy, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologyand Department of Morplwlogy, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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1994-04-04

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Haidar MA, Baracat EC, Simões M de J, Focchi GR de A, Evêncio Neto J, Lima GR de. Premature ovarian failure: morphologicaland ultrastructural aspects. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 1994 Apr. 4 [cited 2025 Mar. 15];112(2):534-8. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/758

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Vol. 112 No. 2 (1994)

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