Viral Syndrome

Virylny syndrome - the appearance in women of secondary male sexual characteristics, due to the increased content in the body of a female male sex hormones. The consequence of a violation of the function of the adrenal cortex, ovaries, prolonged treatment of women with large doses of androgens.

Symptoms. The growth of hair on the face, limbs, back, chest, abdomen, hair loss on the head according to the male type, changes in the voice of the voice (voice becomes low), development of the male type of build, atrophy of the breasts, menstrual cycle from oligomenorrhoea to amenorrhea, hypertrophy and virilization of the clitoris , Decrease in the uterus, atrophy of the endometrium and mucous membrane of the vagina. In the blood testosterone level rises, urinary excretion of testosterone and 17-ketosteroids increase.

Treatment for a tumor of the ovaries or adrenal cortex is surgical (see also Itenko-Cushing's disease, Adrenogenital syndrome, Syndrome of sclerocystic ovaries}.