Hirsuitism Causes in Women
  • Familial
  • Idiopathic
  • Ovarian
    • Polycystic ovaries; hilus cell hyperplasia
    • Tumor: arrhenoblastoma: hilus cell, adrenal rest
  • Adrenal
    • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
    • Noncongenital adrenal hyperplasia (Cushing's)
    • Tumor: virilizing carcinoma or adenoma
adapted from Table 332-7; Williams, G. H and Dluhy, R. G. , Diseases of the Adrenal Cortex, In Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 14th edition, (Isselbacher, K.J., Braunwald, E., Wilson, J.D., Martin, J.B., Fauci, A.S. and Kasper, D.L., eds) McGraw-Hill, Inc (Health Professions Division), 1998, p 2050.