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Chiari-Frommel syndrome (Frommel disease)
Persistent post-partum amenorrhea & galactorrhea.
Etiology: excess prolactin secretion
Clinical manifestations:
1) post-partum amenorrhea during lactation
2) persistent galactorrhea after cessation of lactation
3) small uterus
Laboratory:
- low or absent urinary gonadotropins
General
endocrine disease
syndrome
References
DeGowin & DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 6th edition,
RL DeGowin (ed), McGraw Hill, NY 1994, pg 873