Résumé
This study is carried out aiming to determine the prevalence of various causes of hirsutism in patients referred to the endocrine clinic of Golestan Hospital in Ahwaz. In a cross-sectional study, 520 patients suffered from hirsutism whiting the age range of 10-50 year old participated based on Ferriman-Gallwey hirsutism classification system. Out of 520 patients under study, 274 ones [52.7%] had PCO, 176 ones [33.8%] suffered from idiopathic hirsutism, 24 persons [4.6%] had hyperprolactinemia, 22 persons [4.2%] had hirsutism caused by drugs consumption, 11 ones [2.1%] had hypothyroidism, 9 patients [1.7%] had cushing as well as 3 persons [0.57%] having Late Onset Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia [LOCAH] and 1 person [0.19%] had ovarian tumor. Results of this study show that PCO and idiopathic hirsutism constitute totally 86% of hirsutism causes