Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)»Disorders of other endocrine glands (E20-E35)»Polycystic ovarian syndrome (E28.2)
E28.2
Polycystic ovarian syndrome
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome185 drugs (98 approved, 87 experimental)
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.