Abstract

ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND:
Most women with polycystic ovary syndrome PCOS don’t even know that they have it ,and do not get a diagnosis until they begin trying to get pregnant.
OBJECTIVE:
To identify the prevalence of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) among infertile women attending the Institute of Embryo Research and Infertility Treatment in AL-KadhymiaBaghdad, and to identify some of the common characteristics of infertile women with PCOS and others without PCOS .
METHODOLOGY:
A cross sectional study was conducted for about four months,during which a review of records of all the women attending the Institute during the year 2010 (six hundred women) .
RESULTS:
Results showed that the most common factors of infertility in infertile women is the PCOS, PCOS had a higher frequency among women aged 20-29 years, Slightly higher frequency of diabetes mellitus and hypertension among them than other group. higher frequency of acne & hirsutism among the PCOS cases than other causes group, and a higher frequency of increased prolactin level& LH level in the PCOS cases.
CONCLUSION:
PCOS infertility comprises more than one fourth of causes of infertility and is associated mainly with primary infertility & among younger age group(20-29years) .