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FSH - Results

Nombres alternativos

Hormona foliculoestimulante o folitropina

Valores normales:

Los niveles normales de FSH diferirán dependiendo de la edad y el sexo de una persona:

Hombres:
- antes de la pubertad: 0-5.0 mUI/ml*
- durante la pubertad: 0.3-10.0 mUI/ml
- adultos: 1.5-12.4 mUI/ml
Mujeres:
- antes de la pubertad: 0-5.0 mUI/ml
- durante la pubertad: 0.3-10.0 mUI/ml
- mujeres que están menstruando: 4.7 a 21.5 mUI/ml
- posmenopáusicas: 25.8 - 134.8 mUI/ml

Nota: los rangos de los valores normales pueden variar ligeramente entre diferentes laboratorios. Hable con el médico acerca del significado de los resultados específicos de su examen.

*mUI/ml = miliunidades internacionales por mililitro

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Los trastornos que se pueden asociar con los resultados anormales de la FSH son, entre otros:

Hipopituitarismo
Síndrome de Klinefelter
Poliquistosis ovárica
Síndrome de Turner
Insuficiencia ovárica (hipofunción ovárica)
Cánceres ováricos o suprarrenales
Pubertad precoz en niñas y niños
Anorexia

El examen también se puede llevar a cabo para:

Reviewed last on: 10/5/2010
Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Lobo RA. Menopause: Endocrinology, consequences of estrogen deficiency, effects of hormone replacement therapy, treatment regimens. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Mosby Elsevier;2007:chap 42.

Lobo RA. Primary and secondary amenorrhea and precocious puberty: etiology, diagnostic evaluation, management. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Mosby Elsevier;2007:chap 38.

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