Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

**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.

**Tree numbers:** - C04.182.612.765 - C12.050.351.500.056.630.580.765 - C12.100.250.056.630.580.765 - C19.391.630.580.765

**Synonyms:** - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 1 - Sclerocystic Ovarian Degeneration - Sclerocystic Ovary Syndrome - Stein-Leventhal Syndrome