Unani Medicine (Greeko Arabian Medicine) is bestowed with a vast literature of gynaecologicaland endocrine afflictions like hirsutism. Hirsutism is characterized by excessive terminal hair growth in female like male. Despite various treatment modalities available such as mechanical, cosmetic and pharmacological, not a single remedy is effective competently to ameliorate it. Although many studie...

Objective. Oncocytomas of the adrenal cortex are usually benign and nonfunctional. They are rarely seen as the cause of hirsutism. Therefore, we aimed to report a case of adrenocortical oncocytoma presenting with hirsutism. Methods. We report a testosterone- and cortisol-secreting adrenal oncocytoma in a 23-year-old female patient presenting with hirsutism. Results. The patient had the complain...

www.aafp.org/afp AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN 2565 growth varies widely among women, and distinguishing normal variations of hair growth from hypertrichosis and true hirsutism is important. With hirsutism, terminal hair grows from androgen-sensitive pilosebaceous units. While 60 to 80 percent of women with hirsutism have increased levels of circulating androgens, degrees of hirsutism correlate poo...

BACKGROUND Flutamide is an antiandrogen devoid of other hormonal effects, except for a decrease in the secretion of adrenal androgens such as dehydroepidandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-s) and androstenedione. AIM To assess the effectiveness of flutamide in the treatment of hirsutism, used as monotherapy or combined with oral contraceptives (OC). PATIENTS AND METHODS Women with peripheral hirsut...

Background: Monotherapy is not usually effective in the treatment of hirsutism. Objective: Comparison of 2 therapeutic regimens in the treatment of hirsutism. Patients and methods: In this open parallel controlled clinical trial, 101 Patients suffering from hirsutism were randomly divided into two equal groups. 50 patients were treated with spironolactone (50 mg/day) plus cyproterone comp...