In some cases the tumor regresses spontaneously, but some clinicians recomend wide excision. The condition is estimated to occur in 3 percent of women and in more than one half of those with menstrual dysfunction. Pelvic ultrasonography, including transvaginal evaluation, is the most important diagnostic modality in polycystic ovary syndrome, but other tests and laboratory investigations may be useful to rule out alternative diagnoses in individual patients. The goal of treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome is to control symptoms and minimize the adverse effects of obesity and abnormalities of insulin and lipid metabolism. Selected oral contraceptive agents are useful to restore normal menstrual cycles.
Some women also require treatment for hirsutism, acne, obesity and infertility.
In cases of infertility when anovulation is confirmed and the patient is not hypogonadotrophic or hypoestrogenic, clomiphene is usually the first-line therapy to induce ovulation. A person viewing it online may make one printout of the material and may use that printout only for his or her personal, non-commercial reference.