KROK 1 2016 – Question 158 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 30-year-old woman exhibits signs of virilism (growth of body hair, balding temples, menstrual disorders). This condition can be caused by overproduction of the following hormone:
- A. Relaxin
- B. Oxytocin
- C. Prolactin
- D. Testosterone
- E. Oestriol
Hint
Ask which sex steroid, normally made in small amounts in a woman, produces male-pattern hair growth and temporal hair loss when it is in excess.
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