Clinico-investigative attributes of 122 patients with hirsutism: A 5-year retrospective study from India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hirsutism is common across ethnicities and a significant cause of negative self-esteem from presumptive loss of femininity. It remains understudied in Indian patients.

Objective

We studied the clinical and investigative attributes of patients with hirsutism.

Methods

The medical records of 233 patients with hirsutism diagnosed between 2014 and 2019 were analyzed retrospectively.

Results

The complete records of 122 patients age 14 to 45 years were available. Approximately 32% were adolescents, and 50% patients were age 21 to 30 years. The mean ± standard deviation modified Ferriman-Gallway (mF-G) score was 17.95 ± 10.58, and hirsutism was graded zero/mild in 57.4% patients. Polycystic ovaries were present in 29.5% of patients. Serum-free testosterone l

SUBMITTER: Mahajan VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8243119 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature