Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Essay

The diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome is actually based on the combination of ultrasound, biochemical and clinical view. There a number of signs and symptoms to give a better diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Normally, women suffering from oligomenorrhea are mostly likely to get this syndrome with any one of the clinical features such as polycystic ovaries, hyperandrogenism, and irregular menstrual cycle.

For those who is having ‘polycystic ovaries’ will show signs like enlarged ovary and also developed 2 or more follicles in the ovary. Many tiny cysts and also shallow hole like structure can be seen through ultrasound. These cysts are not harmful for the individual and it is not necessary to be removed by operation.

Figure 1.Ultrasonographic and Figure 2.Gross appearance of ovary of
By normal inspection, doctor could predict that such patient is suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome but cannot confirm the syndrome. Irregular menstrual cycle is one of the common cause women would face in this syndrome. When the doctor takes patient’s history about their menstrual cycle, doctor could diagnose whether she is suffering from these syndrome. In addition, patient with menstrual disturbances would face problems like hyperlactinemia, acromegaly and congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Other than these three criteria, women suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome would encounter in elevation of luteinizing hormone (LH) but this finding doesn't rule out the diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome. The suspect of polycystic ovarian syndrome can be confirmed by congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and this defect is due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency by measuring the 17a-hydroxy-progesterone respond to corticotrophin. Blood tests can be done in such situation to measure the hormone