HIRSUTISM AND ACNE [in a female]

ovarian:

polycystic ovary syndrome

androgen-producing tumours:

arrhenoblastoma

hilar-cell tumour

luteoma of pregnancy

adrenal:

congenital adrenal hyperplasia (including partial defects)

adrenal hyperplasia

adrenal adenoma

adrenal carcinoma

endocrine:

Cushing's syndrome

hypothyroidism

hyperprolactinaemia

acromegaly

obesity

pseudohermaphroditism

androgen insensitivity syndrome ('testicular feminisation')

other:

hereditary / constitutional / racial hirsutism (no acne or virilism)

post-menopausal hirsutism (increased 5a -reductase)

'lanugo' hair in anorexia nervosa

idiopathic hirsutism

porphyria cutanea tarda

drugs:

androgens

phenytoin

danazol

diazoxide

minoxidil

cyclosporin

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