This document provides an overview of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), including its definition, pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment. Some key points:
- PCOS is a hormonal disorder affecting women in their reproductive years that causes irregular periods, excess androgen levels, and polycystic ovaries. It increases the risk of metabolic issues like diabetes.
- The root causes involve excess LH stimulating the ovaries to produce androgens and insulin resistance driving higher androgen levels. This leads to problems like irregular periods and hirsutism.
- Diagnosis is based on menstrual irregularity, clinical or biochemical signs of hyperandrogenism, and exclusion of other disorders
PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome), a hormonal disorder causing enlarged ovaries with small cysts, or fluid-filled sacs. It is a condition in which a woman's hormones are out of balance. It's a health problem that affects 1 in 10 women of childbearing age. Over the years, numerous hypothesis have been proposed regarding the proximate physiological origin for PCOS. Difference between PCOD & PCOS is important to know. A common confusion among women, is understanding the difference between having PCOS & having been diagnosed with it.
Various researches have studied the prevalence of PCOS in India (Tamil Nadu, Mumbai, Karnataka & Lucknow). Maintaining a good health is essential to prevent as well as treat hormonal disturbances & conditions. Management of these both at risk for PCOS and those with a confirmed PCOS diagnosis includes education, healthy lifestyle and therapeutic interventions targeting their symptoms.
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a reproductive hormonal imbalance among women of reproductive age. Know more about symptoms, causes and treatment for PCOS
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a condition
of unexplained hyperandrogenic chronic anovulation
that most likely represents a heterogenous disorder.
About 10% of women in the reproductive age group
suffer from this disorder.
PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome), a hormonal disorder causing enlarged ovaries with small cysts, or fluid-filled sacs. It is a condition in which a woman's hormones are out of balance. It's a health problem that affects 1 in 10 women of childbearing age. Over the years, numerous hypothesis have been proposed regarding the proximate physiological origin for PCOS. Difference between PCOD & PCOS is important to know. A common confusion among women, is understanding the difference between having PCOS & having been diagnosed with it.
Various researches have studied the prevalence of PCOS in India (Tamil Nadu, Mumbai, Karnataka & Lucknow). Maintaining a good health is essential to prevent as well as treat hormonal disturbances & conditions. Management of these both at risk for PCOS and those with a confirmed PCOS diagnosis includes education, healthy lifestyle and therapeutic interventions targeting their symptoms.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): Symptoms, Causes and TreatmentYashodaHospitals
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a reproductive hormonal imbalance among women of reproductive age. Know more about symptoms, causes and treatment for PCOS
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a condition
of unexplained hyperandrogenic chronic anovulation
that most likely represents a heterogenous disorder.
About 10% of women in the reproductive age group
suffer from this disorder.
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is heterogeneous, multisystem endocrinopathy in women of reproductive age characterized by chronic anovulation resulting in infertility, irregular bleeding, obesity and hirsutism. Most common, although the least understood, cause of androgen excess. Initially it was described in 1935.Also known as Stein-Leventhal syndrome
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Pcos by dr alka mukherjee dr apurva mukherjee nagpur m.s.alka mukherjee
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a highly prevalent endocrine-metabolic disorder that implies various severe consequences to female health, including alarming rates of infertility. Although its exact etiology remains elusive, it is known to feature several hormonal disturbances, including hyperandrogenemia, insulin resistance (IR), and hyperinsulinemia. Insulin appears to disrupt all components of the hypothalamus-hypophysis-ovary axis, and ovarian tissue insulin resistance results in impaired metabolic signaling but intact mitogenic and steroidogenic activity, favoring hyperandrogenemia, which appears to be the main culprit of the clinical picture in PCOS. In turn, androgens may lead back to IR by increasing levels of free fatty acids and modifying muscle tissue composition and functionality, perpetuating this IR-hyperinsulinemia-hyperandrogenemia cycle. Nonobese women with PCOS showcase several differential features, with unique biochemical and hormonal profiles. Nevertheless, lean and obese patients have chronic inflammation mediating the long term cardiometabolic complications and comorbidities observed in women with PCOS, including dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease. Given these severe implications, it is important to thoroughly understand the pathophysiologic interconnections underlying PCOS, in order to provide superior therapeutic strategies and warrant improved quality of life to women with this syndrome.
This presentation briefly discuss the polycystic ovary syndrome in terms of pathogenesis, features and management. Then, It moves on to discuss the various guidelines laid down by Endocrine Society in 2013 for the management of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is heterogeneous, multisystem endocrinopathy in women of reproductive age characterized by chronic anovulation resulting in infertility, irregular bleeding, obesity and hirsutism. Most common, although the least understood, cause of androgen excess. Initially it was described in 1935.Also known as Stein-Leventhal syndrome
The slide includes:
Introduction
Incidence
Pathophysiology
Pathology
Clinical features
Investigation
Treatment
Pcos by dr alka mukherjee dr apurva mukherjee nagpur m.s.alka mukherjee
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a highly prevalent endocrine-metabolic disorder that implies various severe consequences to female health, including alarming rates of infertility. Although its exact etiology remains elusive, it is known to feature several hormonal disturbances, including hyperandrogenemia, insulin resistance (IR), and hyperinsulinemia. Insulin appears to disrupt all components of the hypothalamus-hypophysis-ovary axis, and ovarian tissue insulin resistance results in impaired metabolic signaling but intact mitogenic and steroidogenic activity, favoring hyperandrogenemia, which appears to be the main culprit of the clinical picture in PCOS. In turn, androgens may lead back to IR by increasing levels of free fatty acids and modifying muscle tissue composition and functionality, perpetuating this IR-hyperinsulinemia-hyperandrogenemia cycle. Nonobese women with PCOS showcase several differential features, with unique biochemical and hormonal profiles. Nevertheless, lean and obese patients have chronic inflammation mediating the long term cardiometabolic complications and comorbidities observed in women with PCOS, including dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease. Given these severe implications, it is important to thoroughly understand the pathophysiologic interconnections underlying PCOS, in order to provide superior therapeutic strategies and warrant improved quality of life to women with this syndrome.
This presentation briefly discuss the polycystic ovary syndrome in terms of pathogenesis, features and management. Then, It moves on to discuss the various guidelines laid down by Endocrine Society in 2013 for the management of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.
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PCOD is one of the most common female endocrine disorder and is thought to be one of the leading causes of female obesity, infertility in girls/women and menstrual problems.
Women with PCOD are more likely to have a mother or sister with PCOD.
Between 10 to 20% women of childbearing age have PCOD (12-45 years). That means 4-5 crore women in India may be affected.
The objectives of this report includes, introducing and looking at the overview of the topic of PCOS, the history of PCOS and what have we learnt about PCOS 1970-2018 etc.
Science, practice and evidence are dynamic processes. This is typically vivid when it relates to Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. PCOS is the commonest hyperandrogenic disorder in women and one of the most common causes of ovulatory infertility. Although polycystic ovaries were first described by the Italian scientist Vallisneri in 1721, it was largely forgotten until the 1930s, and then renamed after its rediscoverers as Stein-Leventhal syndrome. Even then, it still wasn’t until the invention of the ultrasound scanner in the 1980s and consensus of diagnosis in the early 1990s that PCOS was recognized on a wider scale in women of reproductive age. When attempting to diagnose with precision something that is complex, it is important that we first clearly define what it is we are trying to diagnose. PCOS is today seen as a heterogeneous syndrome where a range of symptoms may be present or absent, and may overlap with other conditions, it is perhaps best viewed as a spectrum of symptoms, pathologic findings and laboratory abnormalities. PCOS can be difficult to conceptualize, even for experts, as shown by the fact that there have been several different ways of diagnosing it over the years.
More recently, the fundamental role of hyperandrogenism has been pointed out.
However, PCOS compromises other pathological conditions that strongly modify the phenotype and play a dominant role in the pathophysiology of the disorder, including insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia, obesity and metabolic disorders, all favoring together with androgen excess, an increased susceptibility to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and, possibly, cardiovascular diseases. PCOS by itself may also have some genetic component as documented by familial aggregation and recent genetic studies. All the clinical features may however change throughout the lifespan, starting from adolescence to postmenopausal age. Therefore, PCOS should be considered as a lifetime disorder.
I sincerely hope that with the recommended readings attached and lecture, you will be able to strengthen your knowledge, thereby providing evidence-based medicine practice for the management of PCOS in a successful manner to improve and better women’s Health care. The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself. The more you learn, the more you’ll earn (Warren Buffett), so read as much as you can.
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Qualifications:
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Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
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Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
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2. • PCOS is not merely a reproductive disorder but an
endocrinological disorder affecting women in their
reproductive years.
• Although hyperandrogenism and infertility that PCOS
causes are distressing to young women, its metabolic
sequelae eventually plague the individual in terms of
morbidity and mortality
4. Historical Aspects of PCOS
• Vallisneri gave the first histological description of the
polycystic ovary, 1721
• Sclerocystic changes in the ovary described by Chereau,
1844
• Class description of a bearded women with DM,
Achard/Thiers 1921
5. • In 1935, Stein and Leventhal described 7 women with
bilateral enlarged PCO, amenorrhea or irregular
menses, infertility and masculinizing features.
• This seminal paper introduced clinicians to the
concept of reproductive endocrinopathies.
6. Definition of PCOS
1990 US NIH Consensus Conference:
2 minimal criteria
1. Menstrual Irregularity due to oligo- or
anovulation
2. Clinical or biochemical hyperandrogenism
a.Hirsutism,Acne,Male Pattern Baldness
b.Elevated Serum Androgen Levels
3. Above not attributable to other causes
7. 2003 ESHRE/ASRM (Rotterdam,Netherlands)
Consensus on the Dx of PCOS
• Requires the presence of two out of the following
three criteria:
1. Oligo- and/or Anovulation
2. Hyperandrogenism (clinical and/or biochemical)
3. Polycystic Ovaries, with the exclusion of other
etiologies
8. Task Force Appointed by the Androgen
Excess Society (AES) 2006
• Reviewed all available data and recommended a new evidence-based
definition.
The Task Force identified 4 key clinical features of PCOS:
1.Ovulatory and Menstrual Dysfunction
2.Hyperandrogenism
3.Hirsutism, Acne and Androgenic Alopecia
4.Polycystic Ovaries
Plus the exclusion of other disorders of androgen
(J Clin Endocrinol Metab.2006 Aug 29)
9. ►2012
Institutes of Health Evidence-based Methodology
Workshop on PCOS
Concluded 2003 Rotterdam criteria should be
adopted because most inclusive
10. PCOS-Epidemiology
• PCOS affects 6.5 to 8% (NIH 1990) of the female population of reproductive
age.
• It’s prevalence among infertile women is 15% to 20%.
• PCOS accounts for 95% of cases of hyperandrogenism
• PCOS is responsible for over 20% of all cases of amenorrhea
• PCOS is responsible for up to 75% of all cases of anovulatory infertility.
12. evidences showed association between cytochrome P450
17-hydroxylase/17, 20-desmolase (CYP17) and PCOS.
Cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme (CYP11A)
and PCOS.
Crosignani P, Nicolosi A. Polycystic ovarian disease: heritability and heterogeneity.
Human reproduction update. 2001;7(1):3-7.
15. Pathophysiology
Gonadotropin secretion
► LH action enhanced at ovarian level
► LH receptor is overexpressed in theca cells
► LH increased relative to FSH levels
► Follicular arrest and increased androgen production in the ovarian
theca cells
► The most likely cause of anovulation is an FSH level too low to fully
mature the follicles
► FSH levels may be suppressed by negative feedback inhibition from
mid-follicular estradiol level
► Anovulation
16. Pathophysiology
Insulin secretion and action
►Insulin resistance (IR)
• Appears to be related to mutations in the insulin receptor gene
altered function
►50 to 70% PCOS patients have IR
17. Pathophysiology
Insulin secretion and action
►IR leads to hyperandrogenism
• Hyperinsulinemia and LH synergistically stimulates theca cell
secretion of androgens
• Hyperinsulinemia inhibits hepatic sex-hormone binding
globulin (SHBG) production
►Resulting in an increase in free androgens
18. Pathophysiology
Androgen biosynthesis and action
►Produced by ovaries and adrenal glands
►Testosterone
►70% bound to SHBG
►20-30% bound to albumin
►1% free - - biologically active
19.
20.
21. Serum Androgens
►Testosterone (T)
• Majority made in ovary
• Most potent circulating androgen
• Biological activity determined by the amount of binding to sex
hormone binding globulin
• Free testosterone is active
22. Serum Androgens
►Androstenedione (A)
• Immediate precursor to testosterone
• Ovary and adrenal production
►Dehyrdoepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S)
• Majority derived from adrenal glands
• Small percentage from ovary
23. Serum Androgens
►Dihydrotestosterone (DHT)
• Peripheral conversion in androgen responsive tissues
• Intracellular 5-alpha reductase converts T to DHT
• DHT binds to androgen receptor with affinity 10x greater than T
• Women with PCOS have increased 5-alpha reductase activity (converts T
to DHT)
• Resulting in increased activation of the pilosebaceous unit (hair growth,
sebum production) with increase in bioavailable testosterone
24. Ovarian Androgen Secretion
►Androgens produced in the theca cells which respond to LH
►Role of insulin
• Synergistic effect of LH and insulin to increase androgen secretion
►Theca cells synthesize mostly androstenedione and some
testosterone
►They diffuse across the basement membrane to the granulosa cells
25. Ovarian Androgen Secretion
(continued)
►The granulosa cells, in response to stimulation by FSH, produce
aromatase which converts androgen precursors to estrone and
estradiol (negative feedback to FSH)
►Impeded normal follicular growth, resulting in follicular arrest at
the 4-8mm diameter size
►A dominant follicle (18-25mm) does not develop therefore
ovulation does not occur
28. Adrenal Androgen Secretion
►Adrenal androgen secretion
• Under control of ACTH
• Over 50% of women with PCOS have evidence of
increased adrenal androgen secretion
29.
30. Pathophysiology
Weight and energy regulation
►Obesity
►40-80% of PCOS are overweight or obese
• Presence of obesity results in:
►Insulin resistance hyperinsulinemia
►Hyperinsulinemia synergy with LH and drop in SHBG Hyperandrogenism
hirsuitism/acne
►Arrest of follicular development chronic anovulation
• PCOS patients
►31-35% have IGT (1.6% in non-PCOS)
►7.5-10% have DM (2.2% in non-PCOS)
33. Clinical Features
Adolescence
►No formal diagnostic criteria
• Obesity
• Irregular cycles
►50% of cycles are anovulatory in first 2 years after menarche
►More Concerning…
• Hyperandrogenism
• Peripubertal girls with pubarche before age of 8
34. Clinical Features
Reproductive age
►Anovulatory Symptoms
• 2/3 patients
• Erratic cycles with breakthrough bleeding
• Primary amenorrhea
• Oligomenorrhea
►Hirsutism
►Acne
►Male pattern hair loss
►Polycystic Ovary
35. Clinical Features
Reproductive age
►Obesity
40-80% have BMI > 30
►Insulin Resistance
majority of PCOS patients regardless of obesity
(30% lean and 70% obese)
►Diabetes (7.5 to 10% of PCOS
patients)
31-35 % of PCOS patients have glucose
intolerance
2-5 fold increase in developing DM
►Infertility
75% of infertility causes
Poor FSH stimulation and elevated LH levels
impair follicle maturation and ovulation
►Pregnancy
Spontaneous abortion rate 20-40% higher
Pregnancy complication rate (GDM 3.4x,
GHTN 3.4x, Pre E 2.2x, PTB 1.9x)
36. Clinical Features
Reproductive age
►Endometrial Hyperplasia/Cancer
• Chronic exposure to unopposed estrogens
►Dyslipidemia – low HDL, high triglycerides 70% of patients with PCOS
►Metabolic syndrome – 30 to 40%
►Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease – 30% in PCOS compared to 2% all women and
5% women with DM2
►Coronary heart disease
►Sleep apnea
►Depression/anxiety
►Eating disorders (binge eating)
39. Menstrual Dysfunction in PCOS
• Irregular Menses -less than 21 days or greater than 35 days.
• PCOS- typically have prolonged(>35 days) cycles.
• Menstrual disturbances in PCOS classically have a peripubertal
onset
• Both decreased menstrual cycle regularity and dysfunctional
uterine bleeding are clinical consequences of chronic
anovulation.
• Increased risk of endometrial hyperplasia/carcinoma
• Prolonged amenorrhea associated with endometrial atrophy
40. Ovulatory and Menstrual
Dysfunction per the Task Force of
the AES 2006
• 75% of patients have clinically evident menstrual
dysfunction, and 20% have a history of apparent
eumenorrhea.
• In women with hirsutism and eumenorrhea, anovulation
can be confirmed by measuring serum progesterone
during days 20 through 24 of the cycle.
41. Clinical Hyperandrogenism
• Hirsutism
• Acne 15% to 25%
• Male-pattern Balding
• Acanthosis Nigricans- Occurs in up to 5% of women
• - Mucocutaneous eruption characterized by hyperkeratosis,
papillomatosis and increased pigmentation.
• Occurs in the axillae, nape of neck, under the breast and the flexures.
• less common- Increased Muscle Mass, Deepening Voice, Clitoromegaly
42.
43. Labs
►Goal is to exclude other etiologies
►Androgens
• Total Testosterone
►widely available
►mildly elevated in PCOS
►If >150 ng/dL (normal<70) consider androgen secreting tumor
• Free Testosterone
►more sensitive test
• DHEA-S
►marker for adrenal hyper androgenemia
►If >800 mcg/dL (normal <270) consider androgen secreting tumor
• SHBG ??
44. Labs
►LH – increased in PCOS, too variable to be useful
►FSH – Premature ovarian failure
PCOS
►FSH levels low
►LH levels high
►LH/FSH > 3
►PRL – hyperprolactinemia
►TSH – thyroid dysfunction
45. ►17-hydroxyprogesterone
• CAH
• Random < 4 ng/mL
• Morning fasting < 2 ng/mL
• High levels should prompt an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation
test
►Dexamethasone suppression test
• If suspicious of Cushing’s syndrome
46. Labs
►Fasting glucose
• Fasting plasma glucose
►<100 mg/dL normal
►100-125 mg/dL impaired fasting glucose/prediabetes
►>126 mg/dL DM
►2 hour glucose level after 75gm oral glucose load
• 140-199 mg/dL indicates impaired glucose tolerance
• Above 199 mg/dL is diagnostic for type diabetes
• Recheck every 2 years if IGT
Lipid Profile
47. Imaging
►Ultrasound is the imaging modality of choice
►Assessment of endometrial abnormalities
►Pelvic U/S to rule out ovarian mass
►PCOS ovaries are enlarged (>5cm)
• > 12 subcapsular follicles (2-9 mm) in one or both ovaries
• Ovarian volume >10mL
• Dense hyperechoic stroma
• “string-of-pearls” appearance
48. Ovarian Morphology on Pelvic Ultrasound
• Ovarian pattern is both insufficient and
unnecessary to make the diagnosis of PCOS
per NIH Conference on PCOS criteria of
l990
• However, it has been considered necessary
to redefine PCOS and include with it an
appropriate definition of the polycystic
ovary per 2003 ESHRE/ASRM criteria
49. Polycystic Ovaries per the Task Force by
AES 2006
• 75% of patients have polycystic ovaries detected by transvaginal
ultrasonography
• The Dx of polycystic ovaries should not be based merely on a
“polycystic” or “multicystic” appearance.
• At least 1 ovary should have a volume of >10cm3 (mL), or there
should be >= 12 follicles measuring 2 to 9 mm in diameter.
50. Additional Use for Pelvic Ultrasound
•To check the endometrium for
hyperplasia and carcinoma
51. Goals of Treatment
►Lifestyle changes
►Lower risk for DM and CV disease
►Avoid effects of hyperinsulinemia
►Reduce production and circulating levels of androgens
►Protect the endometrium against effects of unopposed
estrogen
►Induce ovulation to achieve pregnancy
►Contraception – return of ovulation with treatment
52. Treatment for those
NOT pursuing pregnancy
►Menstrual dysfunction and endometrial
protection
►OCPs – first line
• Cycle regulation – predictable/regular
withdrawal bleed
• Contraception
• Progestin antagonizes the proliferative
effect of estrogen and prevents
endometrial hyperplasia
• Progestin only
►Cyclical or continuous oral dosing
►Progestin IUD
►Progestin rod implant
• Metformin – second line
►Restoration of ovulatory cycles in
50% of women
53. Treatment for those
NOT pursuing pregnancy
►Androgen excess
• OCPs – first line
►Decreases LH secretion decrease ovarian androgen production
►Increases hepatic production of SHBG decrease in bioavailable
testosterone
►Decrease in adrenal androgen secretion
54. Treatment for those
NOT pursuing pregnancy
►Anti-androgen – added if suboptimal effects after 6 months * *
MUST use contraception
• Spironolactone – 50-100 mg BID
►Aldosterone antagonist diuretic
►Competitive androgen receptor antagonist
• Finasteride, flutamide, GnRH agonist
►Eflornithin HCl (Vaniqa) 13.9% cream BID
►Concomitant therapy (OC and anti-androgen)
• Cosmetic – mechanical (shaving, waxing, depilatories, electrolysis, laser
55. Treatment for those
NOT pursuing pregnancy
►Metabolic abnormalities
• Obesity – weight loss 5-10% to restart ovulatory patterns
(diet/exercise, pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery)
►Caloric restriction is main factor
►No data supporting one diet over the other
• IR/risk of DM2 – metformin (first line)
►thiazolidinediones (wt gain, less studied in PCOS)
• Dyslipidemia – exercise/weight loss, pharmacotherapy if needed
• OSA – CPAP
56. Metformin
►Major effect is to decrease hepatic glucose production thus less need for
insulin secretion
►Target dose 1500-2000 mg/day (can use short acting or extended dosing)
►Side effects – diarrhea, nausea/vomiting, flatulence, indigestion, abdominal
discomfort
►Avoid if risk for lactic acidosis (renal insufficiency)
►“Off label” use – oligomenorrhea, hirsuitism, obesity, prevention of DM2
57. • A recent, uncontrolled, retrospective, observational study, showing that
long-term treatment with metformin delays or prevents the development
of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes in women with PCOS, is
certainly in keeping with this concept.*
• Another study showed decreased weight and systolic blood pressure as
well as increased HDL in metformin-treated women with PCOS.* In this
study, metformin was also shown to increase insulin sensitivity and
lower testosterone in obese but not non obese PCOS women.
* Trolle B, Flyvbjerg A, Kesmodel U, Lauszus FF. Efficacy of metformin in obese and non-obese women with polycystic ovary
syndrome: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial. Hum. Reprod. 22(11), 2967-2973 (2007)
* Sharma ST,Wickham III EP, Nestler JE. Changes in glucose tolerance with metformin treatment in polycystic ovary syndrome:
a retrospective analysis. Endo. Prac. 13(4), 373-379 (2007).
58. Dosing of Metformin
• “Start Low, Go Slow”
• Starting dose 500 mg daily with food/dinner x 1 wk
• 500 mg twice daily; breakfast, dinner x1 week
• 500 mg am, 1,000 mg pm x 1 week
• 1,000 mg BID; breakfast, dinner
• Increasing q 1- 2 weeks to max 2+ gms day
• Maximum 2250 mg total daily; 850 mg tid
• Garber et al. Am J Med 1997;103: Garber et al. Am J Med 1997;103: Ovulation improves w Single or Combination
therapy Ovulation improves w Single or Combination therapy NEW: NEW: Research supports benefits even if
NOT seeking pregnancy Research supports benefits even if NOT seeking pregnancy Secor 2011
59. Metformin and OCPs
►Metformin + OCPs
• Inadequate evidence to recommend routine addition of metformin as
unclear whether this combination has important cosmetic or metabolic
advantages over OCP monotherapy
►Metformin vs OCPs
• OCPs first line for oligomenorrhea and hyperandrogenism. OCPs less
beneficial for insulin sensitivity while metformin better at reducing fasting
insulin
60.
61. Treatment for those
pursuing pregancy
►Weight loss – 5-10% loss yields resumption of ovulatory cycles
►Ovulation induction – be sure to do a semen analysis and HSG to
complete infertility
• Clomiphene
• Letrozole
• Metformin
• Gonadotropins
62. Treatment for those
pursuing pregancy
►Ovulation induction agents
• Clomiphene – first line
►Selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) – competitive inhibitor of
estrogen binding to receptors in hypothalamus (blocks the negative
feedback loop of estrogen) and results in increase in GnRH, FSH, and
LH and influence follicular development.
►It is an estrogen agonist enhancing FSH stimulation of LH receptors in
the granulosa cells
►50-150 mg per day orally 5 days: cycle days 3-7
►Ovulate approx 10 days after last dose, Monitor for LH surge
starting day 12
►80% will ovulate and 50% will conceive
63. Treatment for those
pursuing pregancy
►Ovulation induction agents
• Letrozole – aromatase inhibitor (off label use)
►Aromatase catalyzes the rate limiting step in production of estrogen
thus suppresses ovarian estradiol secretion and rise in FSH and follicle
production
►Also used as adjuvant endocrine therapy in postmenopausal breast
cancer
►5-7.5 mg po daily day 2-6 x 5 days
• Metformin – with or without clomiphene
• GnRH – higher risk for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
64. Treatment for those
pursuing pregancy
►Laparoscopic surgery
• Wedge resection – abandoned secondary to adhesion
formation, better results with clomiphene
• Ovarian drilling/diathermy
►In vitro fertilization (IVF)
►Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
65. Laparoscopic Surgery for Ovulation Induction in
PCOS
►Majority with anovulatory infertility will ovulate in
response to clomiphene, however up to 30% remain
anovulatory
• Of 70% who do ovulate, only 50% will conceive
• Addition of metformin can help ovulation %
• Those that are still unresponsive/resistant move to
gonadotropin therapy
►Issues: difficult to titrate the dose to achieve monofollicular ovulation,
30% risk of multiples, risk of ovarain hyperstimulation syndrome, cost,
SAB risk is higher
66. Laparoscopic Surgery for Ovulation Induction in
PCOS
►Dates to 1930’s – bilateral ovarian wedge resection
resulted in restoration of regular menses and pregnancy
• fell out of favor secondary to post-op adhesion formation and
the introduction of clomiphene
►Ovarian drilling/electrocautery – less adhesions, similar
pregnancy rates to gonadotropin with less multiple risk
67. Ovarian Drilling
►Create focal areas of damage to
the ovarian cortex and stroma
►Unipolar needle electrode
insulated down to 2 cm of
exposed probe. 4-6 punctures of
each ovary
68. Ovarian Drilling
►Laparoscopic candidates – PCOS patients who have failed
clomiphene and metformin, non-obese BMI <30, and no other fertility
factors
►Efficacy – similar conception rates to gonadotropin therapy
• Advantages – no cyclical monitoring, more cost effective, no increase risk of
multiple gestations or OHSS
• Disadvantages – anesthesia, surgical risk (bleeding, infection, damage to
surrounding tissues, adhesive disease)
• Other considerations – often unsuccessful in obese women, patients should have
no other infertility factors (tubal, endometriosis, male factor), IVF success
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evidence-based guideline, Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): S69.
72. The Metabolic Syndrome and PCOS
• The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in women with PCOS is approximately 43-46%.*
WHO
• T2DM or IFG or IGT or insulin resistance plus ≥ 2 of the following:
• • BMI > 30 kg/m2
• • HDL < 1.0 mmol/L (< 40 mg/dL)
• • TG ≥ 1.7 mmol/L (150 mg/dL)
• • BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg or use of blood pressure medication
• • microalbuminuria > 20 pg/min
• • Alb/Crea ratio ≥ 30 mg/g
*Third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program. Expert panel on the detection, evaluation and
treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults. Final report. Circulation 106, 3143-3421 (2002).
73. • Insulin resistance is the major underlying pathophysiologic abnormality linking
the metabolic syndrome and PCOS.
• Weight loss with life-style modification is the safest and cheapest therapy that has
shown benefit both in MetS and PCOS
74. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease: Premature Association?
Richard S. Legro
Endocrine Reviews June 1, 2003; 24 (3): 302-312
• Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are often assumed, a priori, to be at increased risk for
cardiovascular disease (CVD), given the high prevalence of the metabolic syndrome X among them.
• Long-term studies of well characterized women with PCOS are lacking, and the link to primary cardiovascular
events such as stroke or myocardial infarction remains more speculative than substantive.
• Epidemiological studies that have focused on isolated signs and stigmata of PCOS, such as polycystic ovaries,
hyperandrogenism, or chronic anovulation, have found mixed results.
• There are studies that suggest a slight increase in cardiovascular events in women with polycystic ovaries, with
perhaps stronger evidence between an increased risk of cardiovascular events in women with menstrual
irregularity.
• However, there is little evidence for an association between hyperandrogenism per se and cardiovascular events.
• Furthermore, there are less data to substantiate an increased risk of events in women with PCOS identified on
the basis of a combination of signs and symptoms, such as hyperandrogenic chronic anovulation.
• The existing data suggest that PCOS may adversely affect or accelerate the
development of an adverse cardiovascular risk profile, and even of subclinical signs of
atherosclerosis, but it does not appear to lower the age of clinical presentation to a
premenopausal age group.
75. Cardiovascular Risk in PCOS
• Several studies using intima media thickness as a
surrogate for cardiovascular risk evaluation have
shown potential increased cardiovascular risk in
women with PCOS.*
Talbot EO, Guzick DS, Sutton-Tyrrell K et al. Evidence for association between polycystic ovary syndrome and premature carotid
atherosclerosis in middle-aged women. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 20, 2414-2421 (2000).
* Vryonidou A, Papatheodorou A, Tauridou A et al. Association of hyperandrogenism and metabolic phenotype with carotid
intima-media thickness in young women with polycystic ovary syndrome. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 90, 2740-2746 (2005).
* Luque-Ramirez M, Mendieta-Azcona C, Alvarez-Blasco F, Escobar-Morreale HF. Androgen excess is associated with increased
carotid intima-media thickness observed in young women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Hum. Reprod. 22, 3197-3203 (2007).
76. Coronary Artery Calcification and PCOS
• A similar study using coronary artery calcification as
risk stratification has shown increased risk in patients
with PCOS.*
* Christian R, Dumesic DA, Behrenbeck T, Oberg AL, Sheedy PF, Fitzparick LA. Prevalence and predictors of
coronary artery calcification in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 88, 2562-2568
(2003).
77. Sleep Apnea and Other Sleep Disorders
• Multiple groups have documented an increased risk for
sleep apnea and other sleep disorders including increased
daytime somnolence, such as sleep disordered breathing
in women with PCOS.
78. Body Image and Quality of Life in PCOS
Patients
• There is little study of the psychopathology of women
defined as having PCOS in literature
• PCOS disease-specific questionnaire known as the PCOSQ has
been developed to study the above questions.
• Obesity and infertility cause the greatest degree of stress
• Both anorexia nervosa and bulimia have been linked with
PCOS(etiological link?)
• Many conditions co-exist with PCOS such as pelvic pain,
depression and altered mood but it is unclear where there is a
casual or causal association.
79. Poly cystic ovarian syndrome and cancers
• Endometrial carcinoma-
• The prevalence of endometrial hyperplasia with and without atypia in women with
PCOS varies from 1 to 48.8%
• chronic anovulation, which results in continuous estrogen stimulation of the
endometrium unopposed by progesterone
• Obesity, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperandrogenism state in PCOS, results in
increased bioavailability of unopposed estrogens by progesterone due to the
increased peripheral conversion of endogenous androgen into estrogen
• Hardiman P, Pillay OS, Atiomo W. Polycystic ovary syndrome and endometrial carcinoma.
• The lancet. 2003;361(9371):1810-2.
80. Ovarian cancer and breast cancer
• women with PCOS had a 2.5-fold increased risk of developing ovarian cancer,
• clomiphene citrate and gonadotropin therapy or ovulation induction was found to
increase the relative risk of ovarian tumors in women with PCOS around 4.1 x
• meta analysis about the association between PCOS and breast cancer showed that the
risk of breast cancer was not significantly increased overall
• However some studies showed that women with PCOS independently of age, age at
menarche or menopause, parity, using oral contraceptive pill, BMI and family history
of breast cancer, have 1.8 times as likely to report benign breast disease
Schildkraut JM, Schwingl PJ, Bastos E, Evanoff A, Hughes C. Epithelial ovarian cancer risk among women with
polycystic ovary syndrome. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 1996;88(4, Part 1):554-9.
Barry JA, Azizia MM, Hardiman PJ. Risk of endometrial, ovarian and breast cancer in women with polycystic ovary
syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Human reproduction update. 2014:dmu012.
82. PCOS and abortion
• spontaneous Abortion occurs in 30 to 50% of PCOS women compared with 10 to 15%
of normal women
• a metaanalysis showed Treatment with ovulation-inducing agents is associated with a
higher incidence of abortion in PCOS women
• It is suggested that metformin therapies before and throughout pregnancy, could
decrease the risk of early abortion, but more studies are needed
Kjerulff LE, Sanchez-Ramos L, Duffy D. Pregnancy outcomes in women with polycystic
ovary syndrome: a metaanalysis. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology.
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83. PCOS and gestational diabetes mellitus
• affects 4–7% of pregnancies overall.
• There are 2.4-fold increased risks of GDM among PCOS women, independent
of age, race/ethnicity, and multiple gestations.
• GDM complicates 40 to 50% of PCOS pregnancies.
Lo JC, Feigenbaum SL, Escobar GJ, Yang J, Crites YM, Ferrara A. Increased Prevalence of
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Among Women With Diagnosed Polycystic Ovary Syndrome A
population-based study. Diabetes care. 2006;29(8):1915-7.
84. PCOS and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
• Hypertensive disorders occurs in 8% of PCOS pregnancies
• Increased levels of androgens in PCOS have been associated with
the development of preeclampsia
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85. PCOS-Key Points
• PCOS is one of the commonest reproductive endocrinopathies to affect
women (5-10%).
• PCOS is the most common cause of anovulatory infertility.
• PCOS probably represents a spectrum of disease with variable
presentations-
• Pathophysiology- Insulin resistance + androgen excess
• Diagnosis –Clinical +/- labs, USG
• Current treatment options- lifestyle, combination OCP +insulin
sensitizers
• Is important to diagnose PCOS because of the potential long-term
consequences.
• Further research is necessary in this syndrome.
86. Who Should Manage PCOS?
• PCOS has evolved out of the purview of the reproductive
specialist and gynecologist.
• PCOS is probably best managed by an internist, family
practitioner or endocrinologist with subspecialists
including gynecologists, fertility specialist, dermatologists
and in the long run, cardiologists and oncologists as
indicated.
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All other frequently encountered manifestations offer less consistent findings and therefore qualify only as minor diagnostic criteria for PCOs like LH-FSH ratio, insulin resistance, perimenarchial onset of hirsutism and obesity
Clinical hyperandrogenism- hirsutism, male pattern baldness, acne
At least 1 ovary should have a volume of >10cm3 (mL), or there should be >= 12 follicles measuring 2 to 9 mm in diameter.
This gene encodes the cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme.
First, insulin in association with free IGF stimulates
ovarian androgenesis. Second, hyperinsulinemia lead to reduce production of SHBG from
liver, as a result lead to increase in free androgen level. Third, insulin may affect ovarian follicle
maturation, lead to ateresia, and increase level of androgen
Insulin, together with liver, adipose tissue and muscles, plays a role in the regulation of ovary.
At ovarian level, insulin stimulates ovarian steroidogenesis by interacting with insulin and
insulin growth factor type I receptors, in granulosa, thecal and stromal cells. It seems to increase the sensitivity of
pituitary cells to gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) action and by increase the number
of the luteinizing hormone (LH) receptor, increase the ovarian steroidogenic response to
gonadotropins. Also, insulin is able to reduce sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) synthesis
in liver and ovary. IGFBP-1 regulates ovarian growth and cyst formation and adrenal steroidogenesis
[21].
The concentrations
of SHBG are regulated by a number of factors such as cortisol, estrogens, iodothyronines
and growth factors, and decreased by androgens, insulin, prolactin and IGF-I [25]. SHBG
concentration reduced specially in women with PCOS influence by hyperinsulinemia.
The concentrations
of SHBG are regulated by a number of factors such as cortisol, estrogens, iodothyronines
and growth factors, and decreased by androgens, insulin, prolactin and IGF-I [25]. SHBG
concentration reduced specially in women with PCOS influence by hyperinsulinemia.
postmenopausal women, and women at the beginning of their menstrual cycle: 1 ng/mL or under
women in the middle of their menstrual cycle: 5 to 20 ng/mL
pregnant women in their first trimester: 11.2 to 90 ng/mL
pregnant women in their second trimester: 25.6 to 89.4 ng/mL
pregnant women in their third trimester: 48.4 to 42.5 ng/mL
Defined as excess terminal (thick pigmented) body hair in a male distribution and is commonly noted on the upper lip, around the breast nipples and along the linea alba of the lower abdomen.
Ferriman-Gallwey Model Scoring System for severity of hirsutism- <8 is normal
8-15 mild hirsutism
>15 moderate to severe hirsutism
Acne- Primarily affects the face, less often, the back and chest
Male pattern balding-
diffuse hair loss over the crown, with preservation of the frontal hair line
widening of the hair parting is an early sign of androgenic alopecia.
Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH)
Exclusively of ovarian origin – marker of ovarian reserve
It reduces preantral and antral follicle responsiveness to FSH
Levels decrease with age
Levels elevated in PCOS likely secondary to aberrant activity of the granulosa cells
Treatment with insulin sensitizers are associated with a reduction in both serum AMH levels and antral follicles – assess treatment efficacy
Uncertain mechanism promoting ovulation but suspect that involves a sudden drop in intraovarian androgens that results in increased FSH secretioin and intrafollicular environment more conducive to normal follicular maturation and ovulation
signs and symptoms that include abdominal distention and discomfort, enlarged ovaries, ascites, and other complications of enhanced vascular permeability
The pathophysiology of OHSS is not fully understood, but increased capillary permeability with the resulting loss of fluid into the third space is its main feature
In the susceptible patient, hCG administration for final follicular maturation and triggering of ovulation is the pivotal stimulus for OHSS
After the HCG administration, this leading to overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the ovary, release of vasoactive-angiogenic substances, increased vascular permeability, loss of fluid to the third space, and full-blown OHSS
OHSS is a life-threatening condition because it can cause venous or arterial thromboembolic events, including stroke and loss of perfusion of an extremity
NCEP (national cholesterol edu program) ATP III criteria
≥ 3 of the following:
• WC ≥ 88 cm
• HDL < 1.3 mmol/L (< 50 mg/dL), or on drug treatment for lipid abnormality
• TG ≥ 1.7 mmol/L (≥150 mg/dL), or on drug treatment for this lipid abnormality
• FBS ≥100 mg/dl (≥5.6mmol/L)
• systemic hypertension ≥ 135/85 mmHg or use of blood pressure medication
Also, Insulin up-regulates
aromatase activity in endometrial glands and stroma, endogenous estrogen production is
enhanced in women with high circulating insulin. Estrogens act as proliferative factors in the
endometrial tissue. Continuous exposure of the endometrium to estrogens with persistent
progesterone deficiency, lead to endometrial overgrowth and hyperplasia or cancer
Abortion is the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 26th week of pregnancy
elevated LH levels in women with PCOS and hyperandrogenemia play
important role in increased risk of abortion. High androgen levels antagonize estrogen, which
may adversely affect endometrial development and implantation
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), defined as carbohydrate intolerance at onset of pregnancy
(or first recognition),
Obesity, insulin resistance
Preterm- 6 to 15% of pregnancies of PCOS women