PCOS and hyperandrogenism – PCOS 7

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A case report in 2000 described a 24-year-old woman presented to her physicians with some unusual symptoms. During exercise, she experienced a full grand mal seizure, without any previous history of epilepsy. In the prior six months, she had become very tired and noted episodes of trembling, blurred vision and confusion. She could control these symptoms by eating something. Upon investigation, she was found to suffer from a rare insulin secreting tumor of the pancreas known as an insulinoma. This tumor was massively overproducing insulin inappropriately, causing her blood sugar to fall very low, going down as far as 1.6 mmol/L after an overnight fast. She had way too much insulin in her system. Upon further questioning, she also noted acne, hirsutism and her periods had become very irregular, varying from 40 to 44 days over the previous year. An ultrasound revealed polycystic ovaries, and bloodwork revealed high testosterone levels, which gave her a diagnosis of PCOS. She had a...
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