Intracranial hypertension is rare and there are few cases in men in the literature that report an association between hypogonadism and intracranial hypertension. Herein, we review a diagnosis of hypergonadotropic hypogonadism in the setting of intracranial hypertension. The patient was a 40-year-old male with morbid obesity, hypertension, and prediabetes, with symptoms of hypogonadism, who on further workup was found to have intracranial hypertension.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine whether there is an increased risk of ovarian cancer in women undergoing radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer using a large population-based data source. Current American Urologic Association guidelines suggest removal of ovaries during RC in women with bladder cancer, presumably to mitigate the risk ovarian cancer. However, recent data have demonstrated an increased risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, cognitive impairment, and diminished sexual function in some populations of women after oophorectomy.
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