Prevalencia, definición y manifestaciones clínicas del síndrome del ovario poliquístico

PCOS is the most prevalent endocrine disorder of premenopausal women.The intensified research has contributed to the expansion of scientific knowledge regarding this mysterious clinical entity and elucidated new aspects of its complexity posing new dilemmas to experts. In the context of constantly expanding literature, it is important to consider carefully the data that are provided by the medical literature in the field, in order to gradually create an evidence-based clinical approach to the syndrome. One of the main unsolved issues is the definition of the syndrome, which remains a moving target despite two major international conferences held on PCOS, during the last decade. In this chapter an effort is made to give an update of the controversial issues of the syndrome regarding the prevalence and the definition and also to overview the clinical picture of this multifaceted syndrome.