Ovarian Volume in Turkish Women with Normal and Polycystic Ovaries

Abstract

Aim: We aimed to investigate possibility of different ovarian volume threshold and to study diagnostic thresholds for polycystic ovary in Turkish women, since the literature on this subject is very limited. Material and Method: Clinical study carried out Namik Kemal University School of Medicine, Tekirdag, Turkey. This case-control study included 132 patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), diagnosed according to Rotterdam criteria and 75 controls. Comparison of ovarian volumes between PCOS patients and control group. Results: We found a mean ovarian volume of 9.44 +/- 4.3 cm3 in PCOS cases and 7.63 +/- 3.66 cm3 in control cases. The area under curve (AUC) for mean ovarian volume (MOV) was 0.633. The analysis showed that setting the threshold of MOV at 8.2 cm3 offered the best compromise between specificity (61.3%) and sensitivity (53.8%). Discussion: Optimum threshold of ovarian volume to distinguish the PCOS from normal women and the mean ovarian volume in Turkish PCOS patients remain beneath the criteria by Rotterdam.