Clinical Case Seminar: Post-menopausal ovarian androgen excess: challenges in diagnostic work-up and management of ovarian thecosis

Abstract

A 72 year old female was referred to the Department of Endocrinology with a 20-year history of hirsutes, mostly affecting her face and torso, the initial onset of which dated shortly after menopause age 52 years. There was no history of subfertility, menstrual irregularity, or hyperandrogenism during reproductive life to suggest prior polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), with three live births, two miscarriages and one still-birth.

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