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Síndrome del ovario poliquístico

Last reviewed: 18 Aug 2025
Last updated: 09 Feb 2024

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presencia de factores de riesgo
  • mujeres en edad reproductiva
  • menstruación irregular
  • infertilidad
  • hirsutismo
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Other diagnostic factors

  • acné
  • sobrepeso u obesidad
  • hipertensión
  • caída del pelo del cuero cabelludo
  • piel grasosa o sudoración excesiva
  • acantosis pigmentaria
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Risk factors

  • antecedentes familiares del síndrome del ovario poliquístico (SOPQ)
  • adrenarquía prematura
  • obesidad
  • bajo peso al nacer
  • exposición del feto a los andrógenos
  • disruptores endocrinos ambientales
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • 17-hidroxiprogesterona sérica
  • prolactina sérica
  • hormona estimulante de la tiroides en suero
  • prueba de tolerancia a la glucosa oral
  • perfil lipídico en ayunas
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Tests to consider

  • niveles séricos de testosterona libre y total
  • sulfato de deshidroepiandrosterona (DHEAS) en sangre
  • androstenediona sérica
  • ultrasonido pélvico
  • hormona antimulleriana en suero
  • monitorización de la temperatura corporal basal
  • medición de progesterona en la fase lútea
  • hormona luteinizante (LH) y hormona foliculoestimulante (FSH) séricas
  • hemoglobina A1c o glucosa plasmática en ayunas
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

con infertilidad cuando se desea fertilidad

ONGOING

sin deseo actual de fertilidad

Contributors

Authors

Mark O. Goodarzi, MD, PhD
Mark O. Goodarzi

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Eris M. Field Chair in Diabetes Research

Professor of Medicine

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles

CA

Disclosures

MOG has been reimbursed for one-time participation in an advisory board for Nestle Health Science on the topic of exocrine pancreatic dysfunction. MOG is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Peer reviewers

Antoni Duleba, MD

Professor

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of California Davis

Sacramento

CA

Disclosures

AD declares that he has no competing interests.

Richard S. Legro, MD

Professor

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Penn State Hershey College of Medicine

Hershey

PA

Disclosures

RSL has been reimbursed by Serono for attending a medical conference and received a lecture fee, and has consulted for Ferring. He has received research funding from the NIH, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Parke Davis. He is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Cornelis B. (Nils) Lambalk, MD, PhD

Gynaecologist/Fertility Specialist

Division of Reproductive Medicine

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

VU University Medical Centre

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Disclosures

CBL declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Azziz R, Carmina E, Chen Z, et al. Polycystic ovary syndrome. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2016 Aug 11;2:16057. Abstract

Teede HJ, Tay CT, Laven JJE, et al. Recommendations from the 2023 international evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Sep 18;108(10):2447-69.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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  • Differentials

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    • Disfunción tiroidea
    • Hiperprolactinemia
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  • Guidelines

    • International evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome
    • Practice bulletin: polycystic ovary syndrome
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  • Patient information

    Síndrome del ovario poliquístico: ¿qué es?

    Síndrome del ovario poliquístico: preguntas para formularle al médico

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