Question 84 · LEK · Polycystic ovary syndrome
In patients with polycystic ovary syndrome there is an increased risk of:
- A. type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- B. hypertension.
- C. endometrial cancer.
- D. myocardial infarction.
- E. all the above.
Hint
Think of insulin resistance and chronic unopposed estrogen as the two drivers of long-term risk in PCOS.
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