The effect of hormone therapy on the condition of the mammary glands in women with menstrual disorders of endocrine origin

Abstract

The objective: to study the effect of stimulating hormone therapy on the condition of the mammary glands depending on the initial endocrine status of women with menstrual disorders in the background and after ovulation stimulation.Materials and methods. The study selected a group of 130 patients (n=130) of reproductive age (mean age 27±2,3 years), which by the nature of menstrual disorders are divided into 2 subgroups: 1 subgroup (n=57) – women with regular menstrual rhythm and insufficiency of the luteal phase (ILP), 2 subgroup (n=73) – women with secondary amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea on the background of chronic anovulation. All patients complained of no pregnancy for an average of 4±1,2 years. After a comprehensive assessment of the reproductive system and hormone-dependent organs, women received the proposed treatment with estrogen-progestogen drug, bromocriptine and ovulation stimulation with clomifene citrate.Results. During the preparatory (diagnostic) phase of the study it was found that in 1 subgroup in 89,5% of patients with concomitant diseases of the pelvic organs and only endocrine disorders of the ILP type in 10,5%. In women of 2 subgroup, the frequency of combined pathology was 23,3%, and endocrine disorders – 76,7%. These results confirmed the need for laparoscopic and hysteroscopic examination of all patients with infertility in addressing the issue of ovulation stimulation. After short cycles (3 months) of monophasic estrogen-progestogen therapy, 31,6% of patients with ILP and 17,1% with anovulation had a positive effect on reducing the incidence of pain in the mammary glands, with the most sensitive to therapy were patients with diffuse forms of fibrocystic disease with a predominance of cystic and glandular components. When resuming biphasic ovulatory cycles with clomifene citrate stimulation, only 5,7% of women complained of breast pain during the first 1–2 cycles. No additional foci in the subgroups were detected, and previously diagnosed fibroadenomas did not increase.Conclusion. Analyzing the obtained data, a positive effect of different types of hormone therapy on the condition of the mammary glands in patients with menstrual and reproductive dysfunction, in particular with diffuse forms of fibrocystic disease with a predominance of cystic and glandular components, is structures most sensitive to normal progesterone levels. Despite the lack of negative dynamics on the background of ovulation stimulation and restoration of normal mammary gland structure after therapy in women with menstrual disorders of endocrine origin, menstrual cycle regulation and dynamic monitoring of the mammary glands are shown to prevent the development of hyperplastic processes.