A Case of Premature Ovarian Failure in a 33-Year-Old Woman

Table 1

Causes of premature ovarian failure.

Gonadal dysgenesis
Turner’s syndrome
Perrault’s syndrome
46, XX gonadal dysgenesis/46, XY gonadal dysgenesis
Genetic associations
Familial ovarian failure
Galactosaemia
Enzyme defects—P450c17
FRAXA premutations
Blepharophimosis, ptosis, and epicanthus inversus syndrome (also called BPES)
Small X chromosome defects
FSH receptor mutations/LH receptor mutations
Autoimmune:
Autoimmune Polyendocrinpathy syndrome 1
APECED/autoimmune Polyendocrinpathy syndrome 2
Association with various autoimmune diseases
Isolated autoimmune ovarian failure
Iatrogenic chemotherapy
Radiotherapy
Pelvic surgery
Environmental toxins
Idiopathic?