PCOS Flashcards
What is PCOS?
- the ovary contains increased numbers (>20) of small Antral follicles (2-9mm) visible in a necklace shape on high quality transvaginal transducers
- there is a disorder of follicle growth at all stages
- in some cases there is a failure of dominant follicle selection and therefore anovulation
What are the different stages of follicle growth where disorder can occur in PCOS?
- Possibly increased proportion of primordial follicles and increased number of activated primary follicles
- Arrested in antral follicle growth before they mature
- Lower rates of atresia > antral follicles persist (visible in US)
What are multiple symptomatology with PCOS
- endocrine , gynaecological, diabetic, dermatological, earring disorders, psychiatry.
What are systematic metabolic manifestations with PCOS?
-Insulin resistance
-obesity has a bigger impact on PCOS population compared to normal, especially regarding IR
-Annual economic cost of diagnosis and treatment of PCOS in USA was calculate d$4.36 billion and 40% of this was IR/ T2D related
How is PCOS diagnosed?
darker regions which indicates fluid
NOT CYST but follicles that have stopped growing
> 20 follicles arranged in necklace like way around the ovary indicates PCOS
< 20 follicles isn’t diagnostic of PCOS
What are some disorders that mimic PCOS so must be excluded in diagnosis?
-non classical adrenal hyperplasia
-hyoerprolactinemia, thyroid disease , Cushing syndrome
-ovarian hyper the oasis - nests of luteinized theta cells
What is the diagnose criteria?
Rotterdam criteria
- 2/3 criteria’s met means PCOS positive
1. hyperandrogenism
2. Ovulatory dysfunction
3. PCO
What is the issue with identifying polycystic ovaries?
Techniques and equipment dependent
Transvaginal imaging not always appropriate (eg in adolescence girls)
What is Hyperandrogenism and limitations (criteria 1)
too much androgen levels
-Clinical and biochemical evidence
-assays not standardised across labs
-normative data not clearly defined
-clinical hyperandrogenism difficult to quantify
-ethnicity
What is ovulatory dysfunction and it’s limitations (criteria 2)
=>oligomenorrhea and anovulation
-frequent bleeding <21days or infrequent bleeding > 35days.
-to confirm ovulation serum progesterone level at mid luteal phase of cycle
What are 3 polycystic ovary morphology (PCOM) (criteria 3)?
- Normal = 5 or less follicles in an ovary with a small amount of stroma
- Anovulatory = 20 or more follicles, 2-9mm diameter arranged peripherally around an enlarged core dense stroma, ovarian volume >10ml with NO dominant follicle
- Ovulatory PCO = early follicular, mid follicular and ovulation, dominant follicle present, but instead of other ovaries dying small follicles persist.
What are the different phenotypes and their diagnostic criteria that match (alphabetical -H,O,P)?
Phenotype A = criteria 1/2/3
Phenotype B = criteria 1/2
Phenotype C = criteria 1/3
Phenotype D = criteria 2/3
What are features of phenotype A and B (classic PCOS)?
Phenotype A = HOP , phenotype B = HO
caused by:
- BMI syndrome
-metabolic syndrome
- Most common 2/3
What are the features of phenotype C (ovulatory PCOS)?
phenotype C = HP
BMI is often normal but BMI increases can alter phenotypic presentation
What are features of phenotype D (normandrogenic PCOS)?
-chronic anovulation and PCOM but normal serum androgens and no HA
How do you know a woman has ovulated at some point?
corpus luteum or albican present
Most PCOS women have …
oligomenorrhea
what are different factors that are involved in follicles arrest, which annovulatory PCOS women have?
- androgens
- intra- follicular inhibitors, eg. AMH
- Defect in apoptosis
- dysregulated gonadotrophin (both FSH and LH)
what is a key factor that distinguishes ovulatory and anovulatory women?
- insulin resistance level
study: adult rhesus monkey fed western style diet (high fat/sugars) and exposed to chronically elevated T from puberty to menopause => altered small AF numbers, morphology and transcriptome
oligomenorrhoea
infrequent periods, fewer than 6-8 periods per year
amenorrhea
absence of periods
What is the prevalence of PCO?
- 32% patients have amenorrhea
- 87% patients have oligomenorrhea
- 87% patients have hirsutism and regular cycle
- 22% of ‘ normal’ population - no signs