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Polycystic ovary syndrome

Última revisão: 18 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 09 Feb 2024

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • female of reproductive age
  • irregular menstruation
  • infertility
  • hirsutism
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • acne
  • overweight or obesity
  • hypertension
  • scalp hair loss
  • oily skin or excessive sweating
  • acanthosis nigricans
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Fatores de risco

  • family history of PCOS
  • premature adrenarche
  • obesity
  • low birth weight
  • fetal androgen exposure
  • environmental endocrine disruptors
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • serum 17-hydroxyprogesterone
  • serum prolactin
  • serum thyroid-stimulating hormone
  • oral glucose tolerance test
  • fasting lipid panel
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • serum total and free testosterone
  • serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS)
  • serum androstenedione
  • pelvic ultrasound
  • serum anti-Mullerian hormone
  • basal body temperature monitoring
  • luteal phase progesterone measurement
  • serum LH and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
  • hemoglobin A1c or fasting plasma glucose
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

with infertility and desiring fertility

CONTÍNUA

not desiring current fertility

Colaboradores

Autores

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

Declarações

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.

Revisores

Antoni Duleba, MD

Professor

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of California Davis

Sacramento

CA

Declarações

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

Declarações

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

Declarações

CBL declares that he has no competing interests.

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Disclosures

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Principais artigos

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

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.Texto completo  Resumo

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG practice bulletin no. 194: polycystic ovary syndrome. Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Jun;131(6):e157-71. Resumo

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