POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
PCOS PCOS
LALI PKHALADZE, MD, Ph.D
ARCHIL KHOMASURUDZE INSTITUTE OF REPRODUCTOLOGY
TSU TBILISI GEORGIA
Stein IF, Leventhal ML.
Amenorrhea associated with bilateral
polycystic ovaries.
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1935; 29: 181-910
7 women with variety of clinical
symptoms (obesity, hirsutism,acne,
amenorrhea) were associated with
enlarged bilateral polycystic ovaries
Women of childbearing age_ 5-11%
During oligomenorrhea/amenorrhea – 85%
Among women with hirsutism-70-95%
Patients with adreno-genital syndrome(CAH)-75%
Cases of anovulatory infertility– 80%
PP
PCOS-PCOS- MOST COMMON ENDOCRINE DISORDERMOST COMMON ENDOCRINE DISORDER
PREVALENCEPREVALENCE
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
1Hyperandrogenism and/or hyperandrogenemia
2. Menstrual disturbances
NICHD, 1990
(presence of both simultaneusly)
PCOS PCOS
ROTTERDAM CRITERIA FOR DIAGNOSING PCOS
ESHRE/ASRAM, 2003
1. Irregular menses and/or absent ovulations
2. Clinical and/or biochemical signs of
hyperandrogenism
3. Polycystic ovaries on pelvic USS (≥12 antral follicles each
ovaries and ovarian volume > 10 ml)
(requres the presence of 2 out of 3 varibles)
PCOS PCOS
DDIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
Androgen Exess and PCOS Society,
2009
1.Hyperandrogenism (clinical and /or biochemical)
2. Ovarian dysfunction (oligomenorrhea/ovulatory
dysfunction and /or polycystic ovarian morphology)
PCOS PCOS
(simultaneous presence of both variables)
EXCLUSION CRITERIA
1. Hyperprolactinemia
2. Hypothyroidism
3. Non classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia
4. Cushing syndrome/ acromegaly
PCOS PCOS
(Premature ovarian failure, virilizing adrenal or ovarian
neoplasma and a drug- related condition)
CLINICAL FORMS
1. Primary polycystic ovarian syndrome -Stein-
Leventhal syndrome
2. Central form of polycystic ovarian syndrome-
developed on the basis of hypothalamic disfunction
3. Combined form of polycystic ovarian syndrome
developed on the basis of congenital adrenal
hyperplasia
PCOS PCOS
Etiology and Pathogenesis
(multifactoral)
Genetically determined-oligogenic
Enviromenaltal factors- lifestyle, diet, exercise,
stress
Peculiarities of prenatal period
PCOS PCOS
Pathogenesis
The increase of ovarian androgen production is a fundamental
characteristic of PCOS
local ovarian factors- Inhibin, Activin, IGF1
Imbalances between proliferation and apoptosis
of cells
Genetically determined dysregulation of enzyme
cytochrome P450C17
Insulin resistance with compensatory
hyperinsulinemia(defect on insulin receptor)
PCOS PCOS
PCOS
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
•Neuroendocrine dysfunction( changes in the frequency and
amplitude of pulses of GNRH- hypersecretion of LH – hypersecretion of
androgens from ovaries);
•Metabolic impairment( insulin resistance and
hyperinsulinemia)-interact with insulin receptor itself in the ovaries;
•Dysfunction of ovarian and adrenal ( alteration in
androgen biosinthesis) steroidogenesis ( hyperactivity of the
enzyme citochrome P450 c17-catalyses the step of progesterone 17 alpha
hydroxyprogesterone to androstendione i.e. to androgens. The enzymatic
activity due to primary genetic defects);
•Ovarian folliculogenesis dysfunction(1.excessive follicular
growth,2.inhibition within the excessive cohort of the emergence of dominant
follicle-“ follicular arrest “).
Significant correlation between basal insulin,
androstendion and testosteron
Burgen, 1980 – Simultaneous preseance of hyperandrogenemia
and insulin resistance in patients with PCOS
PCOS PCOS
Archard and Thiers, 1821
“Bearded Diabetic Women”
PCOS PCOS
* Excess weight and obesity
*Symptoms related to
hyperinsulinemia/insulinresistance-visceral (central)
obesity ,’’acanthothis nigricans, ’’ climalcteric hump’’
*Metabolic abnormality
PCOSPCOS
Clinical symptomsClinical symptoms
*Type 2 diabetes
*Cardiovascular disease-ischemic heart
disease, hypertension
*Endometrial hyperplasia
*Endometrial carcinoma
PCOSPCOS
Long term health consequencesLong term health consequences
* Anamnesis
* Objective data – preasence of hirsutism, acne ,
seborrhea, alopecia, acanthothis nigricans,BMI, fat
distribution
* Gynecological examination
* Body basal temperature
* Biochemical markers (TSH, PRL, 17aOHP, FSH, LH, T,
F T, DHEA-S, DA
4
, SHBG, IRI,Glucose,lipids)
*USS
PCOSPCOS
Diagnostical and laboratory testDiagnostical and laboratory test
BMI< 1 18,5 _insufficiency of mass
PCOSPCOS
BMI, FAT DISTRIBUTIONBMI, FAT DISTRIBUTION
18,5-24,9 _normal
25,0-29,9 _excess weight
30,0-39,9 _obesity
> 40,0 _sevier obesity
BMI>30; W/H>0,85; W³80cm – central obesity
(probability of MS is high)
BMI= mass (KG)/ height
(M2)
PCOSPCOS
BBiochemical markers of hyperandrogenisiochemical markers of hyperandrogenis
I line investigationsI line investigations
•Total testosterone (TT)
•Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG)
•Free androgen index ( FAI )
•Free testosterone (FT)
Androsterone ( DA
4
)
Dehydroepiandrosterone- sulfate (DHEA-S)
LH, FSH, LH/FSH ratio
Anti mullerian hormone (AMH)
PCOSPCOS
IIII line investigatioins line investigatioins
Glucosa (fasting)
Insuline(basal)
Index of insulinresistancy
PCOSPCOS
Investigation related to metabolic abnormalitiesInvestigation related to metabolic abnormalities
HOMAHOMA index =index =
> 2,5 (insulinresistance)
insuline(basal) X glucose (fasting)
22,5
• Preasence of 12 or more antral follicles in each
ovaries on different stage of maturation sized 2-5 mm
•Ovarian volume >10 ml (bilateral or unilateral enlarged
(2-6 fold) ovaries)
• The thickness of capsule is increased more than 10
fold
PCOSPCOS
ON ULTRASOUND SCANON ULTRASOUND SCAN
* Glucose intolerance: glucose- 7,8-11 mmol/l after gucose
tolerance test
* Type 2 diabete: fasting glucose- ≥ 7,0 mmol/l or after 2 h
75 g glucose challenge- 11,1 mmol/l
PCOSPCOS
METABOLIC SCREENMETABOLIC SCREEN
•DYSLIPIDEMIA– LDL HDL¯ TRG
•GLUCOSE ³ 5,6 mmol/l
•TRG ³ 1,7 mmol/l
•HDL < 1,29 mmol/l
PCOSPCOS
INCREASED RISK FOR METABOLIC INCREASED RISK FOR METABOLIC
SYNDROMESYNDROME
The options should be focus on the main concern of women
women who do not seek conceive
Lifestyle modification- diete , exercise(Over weight women .
Weight loss in 5% can improve symptoms)
COC (Combined oral contraceptives)- reduces serum
androgen levels by increasing SHBG levels, providing regular
monthly withdrowal bleed and beneficial anti- androgenic effects
Progestin (Medroxsyprogesterone acetate)
Insulinsensitaizers (Metformin)
PCOSPCOS
MANAGMENTMANAGMENT
CONTROLLING SYMPTOMS OF HYPERANDROGENISM
COC(with cyproteron-acetaet, drospirenone)
Antiandrogenes – spironolactone, flutamid, finasteride(can be
used to help with acne and hirsutism- take 6-9 month to
improve hear growth, avoid pregnancy- feminize a male
fetus)
Insulinsensitaizers-Metformin, Roglitazone(may help regulate
menstrual cycles and achive ovulation, is no better than
lifstyle modification, du not sginificantly improve
hirsutism,acne, weight loss despite lowering androgens and
improving insulin sensitivity)
Eflornihtini facial cream
Cosmetic (depilatory cream, eleqtroepilation, eleqtrolizis,
lazerovaporization, fotoepilation)
PCOSPCOS
MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT
Subfertility
•Weight loss alone may achieve
spontaneous ovulation
•Ovulation induction with antiesrogens
or gonadotropins
•Laparascopic ovarian diathermy
•IVF if ovulation cannot be achieved or
does not succeed in pregnancy
•Women with PCOS who undergo IVF
are at increased risk of ovarian
hypertstimulation syndrome
Management of infertility in women with PCOS
I line
optionNE
Nonfarmacological
Farmacologica
l
Clomifen citrate
( BMI≤25)
Metformine
(BMI≥30)
Dexametazone +Clomifen citrate
(in cases of combined forms of
PCOS)
Lifestyle
modification- healty
diet, exercise
II line option
Clomifen
citrate+
Metform
in
(BMI≥30
)
Metfor
mine
(BMI≤3
0)
Gonado
tropins
laparasco
py-
ovarian
drilling
Bariatric
surgery(BMI≥
30, 6 Month
of uneffective
treatment )
Inhibitors
of
aromataze
III line option
Alternative methods of treatment- IVF
PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUE
•Difficult to manage PCOS patients
•Patients requre additional motivation
•Symptoms can be distressing and
result in low self- esteem
•Patients should be manage
sensitively, adopt a holistoc
approach incorporating all members
of the multidisciplinary team