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Polycystisk ovariesyndrom (PCOS)

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Definisjon:
Minst to av tre kriterier skal være oppfylt: Uregelmessig menstruasjon, hyperandrogenisme og polycystiske eggstokker
Forekomst:
Ca. 10-18% hos kvinner. Rapportert prevalens i Norge er 14%
Symptomer:
Uregelmessige menstruasjoner, infertilitet, økt mannlig type av hårvekst eller hårtap, vedvarende akne og vektoppgang
Funn:
Sentralisert fedme, overvekt og hirsutisme er typisk
Diagnostikk:
Anamnese med uregelmessig menstruasjon, typiske symptomer og funn, økt fri testosteron-indeks. Ultralyd av ovarier
Behandling:
Kost og livsstilsintervensjon. Vektkontroll og vektreduksjon ved overvekt. Metformin bør prøves og kombinerte p-piller er anbefalt. Symptomatisk behandling (fertilitetsbehandling, blødningsregulering, kosmetisk laserbehandling, prekonsepsjonell veiledning). Tverrfaglig tilnærming anbefalt
  • Helena Teede et al. (full authorship above). International Evidence-based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 2023. Monash University. Copyright Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 2023 ISBN: 978-0-6458209-0-4
  • Vanky E. et al. PCOS (Polycystisk ovariesyndrom) . Norsk gynekologisk forening Veileder i gynekologi (2023). ePub. ISBN 978-82-692382-3-5. [hentet 25.10.2023].
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  7. Vanky E, Zahlsen K, Spigset O, Carlsen SM. Placental passage of metformin in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril. 2005;83(5):1575-78. pmid: 15866611 PubMed  
  8. Løvvik TS, Carlsen SM, Salvesen Ø et al. Metformin treatment of pregnant women with polycystic ovary syndrome: results of a randomized, controlled, clinical trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2019. In press.
  9. Hanem LGE, Salvesen O, Juliusson PB et al. Intrauterine metformin exposure and offspring cardiometabolic risk factors (PedMet study): a 5-10 year follow-up of the PregMet randomised controlled trial. Lancet Child Adolesc 2019; 3(3): 166-74. pmid:30704873 PubMed  
  10. Pergialiotis V, Konstantopoulos P, Prodromidou A. MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: The impact of subclinical hypothyroidism on anthropometric characteristics, lipid, glucose and hormonal profile of PCOS patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Endocrinol 2017; 176(3): R159-66. pmid:28007842 PubMed  
  • Eszter Vanky, professor i gynekologi og fødselshjelp, Institutt for klinisk og molekylær medisin, NTNU, St. Olavs Hospital HF, Trondheim
  • Silje Folven Barlindhaug, spesialist i allmennmedisin, redaktør NEL