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Visualize at least 30 follicles: ultrasound criteria for PCOS said to be too loose.(Gynecology)
MONTREAL -- The ultrasound diagnosis of a polycystic ovary should require the visualization of 30 follicles, not 12 as recently suggested in an international consensus statement on the subject, Dr. Donna Chizen said at the 18th World Congress on Fertility and Sterility.
"Women who have less than 30 follicles and particularly less than 20 follicles may well be absolutely normal in every way in terms of biochemical indices and menstrual histories. So if we came up with a definition that was more stringent it would be more helpful for diagnosing" polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), Dr. Chizen said at the meeting, sponsored by the International Federation of Fertility Societies.
Experts at an American Society for Reproductive Medicine/European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology consensus meeting last year released the "Ultrasound assessment of the polycystic ovary: international consensus definitions" (Hum. Reprod. Update, 9[6]:505-14, 2003).
According to that document, the ultrasound criteria to define PCOS "should have at least one of the following: either 12 or more follicles measuring 2-9 mm in diameter, or increased ovarian volume (>10 [cm.sup.3])."
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