DR RIA MASLOG
MEDICAL INSIDER
JUNE 23, 2O23
Polycystic Ovaries
This condition is also known as the Stein Leventhal Syndrome.
Patients
with this condition will manifest the following;- obesity
– Hirsutism
– and secondary Amenorrhea with enlarged polycystic ovaries (bilateral).
Onset may occur at puberty with menstrual irregularities and hirsutism as the early
complaints; the later, in the reproductive years, there would be anovulatory infertility.
The cause of this disorder is still not clear but experts say that it is a heterogenous
condition that may be associated with :- 21 hydroxylase deficiency
– deficiency of 3beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and
– deficiency of ovarian 17- ketoreductase .
The optimal method of treatment of PCOS consist of ovarian suppression by the
contraceptive pill.