Abstract

BUILES, Carlos Alfonso; DIAZ, Ivonne; CASTANEDA, Jimmy  and  PEREZ, Luis Ernesto. Clinical and biochemical characterization of women having Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2006, vol.57, n.1, pp.36-44. ISSN 0034-7434.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) has 4%-8% prevalence in young people. Diagnosis is based on two out of the following three criteria: oligoanovulation, clinical or biochemical hyperandrogenism and polycystic morphology using ultrasound. It is necessary to rule out other hyperandrogenic entities like congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing’s disease and androgen-producing tumors. PCOS patients have a high risk of carbohydrate intolerance, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, but there is no strong medical evidence to support greater ischemic myocardial events or endometrial cancer frequency in such patients.

Keywords : polycystic ovary syndrome; hirsutism; hyperandrogenism.

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