Introduction Etiology Clinical features Diagnosis Management

4. • Prevalence - 5 – 10 % of women of reproductive age.
• The commonest cause for anovulation (80%).
• USS evidence of polycystic ovaries in 20-30 % of
women.
• The most common endocrine disorder in women.

7.  Not fully known.
 No gene or specific environmental substance has been
identified.
 Genetic studies showed a link between PCOS and
metabolic disturbances such as disordered
 insulin metabolism.
 Hence it may be a manifestation of a complex genetic
disorder.

8. Causes
Idiopathic
Daughter of women with
PCOS are at an increased
risk of developing PCOS
pathologic
1.Rapid onset of
Hirsuitism, Testosterone
producing tumors

15. Acanthosis nigricans
Patches of dark skin on the back
of
the neck or other areas.

20. Increased Decreased
Androgen FSH
Testosterone Progesterone
Androstenedione Sex hormone binding globulin
DHEA HDL
DHEAS
Estrone
LH
PRL
Insulin
LDH
Triglycerides