[Pregnancy outcome in women after ovulation induction]. / Przebieg ciazy po indukcji owulacji.

UNLABELLED: The study was performed in 116 pregnant women after ovulation induction in 1995-1999. The pregnancy outcome was analysed. In 92 of 116 women (79.3%) successful outcome ("home taken baby") was observed. In 56 of them (60.9%) spontaneous delivery took place, in 4 (4.3%) women birth with vacuum extractor was performed, and in 32 (34.8%) caesarean section was done. In 24 of 116 women (20.7%) the pregnancy outcome was unsuccessful. In 12 of them (10.3%) missed abortion, and in 7 women (6%) spontaneous abortion was observed. 2 patients (1.7%) had caesarean section (in 24th and in 29th week of gestation) because of preeclampsia. One birth (0.9%) was premature because of the cervical incompetency. CONCLUSIONS: The pregnancy outcome in women after ovulation induction is frequently (20.7%) unsuccessful. The delivery in patients after ovulation induction frequently (34.8%) takes place with caesarean section.

[Hyperandrogenism as a frequent cause of hirsutism]. / Hiperandrogenizm jajnikowy czesta przyczyna hirsutyzmu.

Excessive hair growth in androgens sensitive areas of female body is called hirsutism and it is a symptom of masculinization. Intensity of hirsutism in particular areas of the body is individual and it depends on the androgens excess rate, or increased sensitivity of hair follicles with normal androgens rate in the serum. There were 84 patients analysed, all of them hospitalized in Department of Gynecological Endocrinology Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice. The aim of this study is to check the correlation between the occurrence and intensity of hirsutism and androgens rate in the serum. In the group of patients with hirsutism the androgens rate was excessed in 72 patients but in 12 women there was an idiopathetical hirsutism diagnosed.