aetiology

Last reviewed 01/2018

  • drug related hirsutism e.g. phenytoin
  • abnormalities of gonadal or sexual development
  • familial - idiopathic - hirsutism
  • polycystic ovary syndrome
  • androgen-producing ovarian tumour
  • Cushing's syndrome
  • androgen-producing adrenal tumour
  • congenital adrenal hyperplasia manifest in an adult