Prevalence Of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (Pcos) In Women Of Child Bearing Age Within Port Harcourt Metropolis In Nigeria Using Sonographic Evaluation

ABSTRACT

[...]polycystic ovarian syndrome was common among women of child bearing age in Port Harcourt metropolis, with ages 27-31 years having the highest occurrence, and primary infertility being the common clinical presentation. [...]women of child bearing age presenting with infertility should be examined with ultrasound for early diagnosis and treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome. [...]PCOS is also associated with comorbidities such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), obesity, metabolic syndrome as well as the alterations in the gut micro biome, further worsening the potential for COVID-19 infection [4]. The prevalence of polycystic ovarian syndrome varies according to diagnostic consensus used, with estimates ranging from 6% (National Institutes of Health consensus) to 18% (Rotterdam consensus) of reproductive-aged women of different ethnicity (Rotterdam ESHRE/ASRM-Sponsored PCOS Consensus Workshop Group, 2004;The morphological features of the ovaries in women with polycystic ovary syndrome have been well described by ultrasound imaging technology;enlarged ovary size, with multiple follicles, increased ovarian stroma and echogenicity are some of the features (Figure 1). Materials and Methods A retrospective study of polycystic ovarian syndrome in women of child bearing age, 13-51 years of age who undertook transvaginal ultrasound examination of the pelvic for a period of twelve months from fifth day of January, 2019 to the twentieth day of December, 2019 from two ultrasonography centres in port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers, Nigeria.