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Preferred term

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A complex disorder characterized by infertility, HIRSUTISM; OBESITY; and various menstrual disturbances such as OLIGOMENORRHEA; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION. Polycystic ovary syndrome is usually associated with bilateral enlarged ovaries studded with atretic follicles, not with cysts. The term, polycystic ovary, is misleading.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 1
  • Sclerocystic Ovarian Degeneration
  • Sclerocystic Ovary Syndrome
  • Stein-Leventhal Syndrome

In other languages

  • French

  • Dystrophie ovarienne
  • Micropolykystose ovarienne
  • MPO (MicroPolykystose Ovarienne)
  • OPK (Ovaires Polykystiques)
  • Ovaires polykystiques
  • Polykystose ovarienne
  • SOMPK
  • SOPK
  • SOPK (Syndrome des Ovaires PolyKystiques)
  • Syndrome de Stein-Leventhal
  • Syndrome des ovaires micropolykystiques

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