ultrasound is not used to diagnose PCOS. During adolescence, normal ovaries often look polycystic, which makes it an unreliable criterion for diagnosis. In people with PCOS, the cysts on the ...

In women with the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), cortisol production rate is probably normal, although adrenal androgens can be overproduced in a subset of affected women. Cortisol metabolism ...

This hormonal imbalance can affect normal egg production and ... From better diagnostic criteria to advances in ultrasound ...

Diamanti-Kandarakis E and Panidis D (2007) Unravelling the phenotypic map of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): a prospective ... of polycystic ovaries on ultrasound and of chronic anovulation.

Ferritin levels were elevated among patients with PCOS, but less so among those with hyperandrogenism compared with those without hyperandrogenism.