Hirsutism differential diagnosis

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Overview

Differential Diagnosis

  1. Idiopathic:
    • familial,
    • possibly increased sensitivity to androgens.
  2. variant of normal menopause.
  3. Polycystic ovarian syndrome.
  4. obesity
  5. Drugs:
    • androgens,
    • anabolic steroids,
    • methyltestosterone,
    • minoxidil,
    • diazoxide,
    • phenytoin,
    • glucocorticoids,
    • cyclosporine.
    • phenytoin,
  6. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
  7. Adrenal virilizing tumor.
  8. Ovarian virilizing tumor:
    • arrhenoblastoma,
    • hilus cell tumor.
  9. Pituitary adenoma.
  10. pregnancy
  11. Insulin resistance
  12. Cushing's syndrome.
  13. Hypothyroidism (congenital and juvenile).
  14. Acromegaly.
  15. Androgen-secreting tumors of the ovaries
    • Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors,
    • granulosa-theca cell tumors,
    • hilus-cell tumors
  16. hyperprolactinemia
  17. Testicular feminization.

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