Virilization is a condition in which women develop male-pattern hair growth and other masculine physical traits. Women with virilization often have an imbalance in their sex hormones, including male ...

Virilization is a condition in which females develop male traits such as male pattern baldness or excessive facial hair. It can happen to girls going through puberty and adult women. It also refers to ...

In perimenopausal and especially postmenopausal women, rapidly progressing hirsutism and virilization could be a result of ovarian hyperthecosis or androgen-secreting ovarian tumour. The incidence of ...

Background. A 33-year-old woman presented to an endocrinology clinic with a 5-year history of secondary amenorrhea. 2 years before presentation, she had noticed progressively worsening signs of ...

Disorders of sex development (DSDs) are estimated to be prevalent in 0.1–2% of the global population, although these figures are unlikely to adequately represent non-white patients as they are largely ...