Case 38172

Presentation of CaseA twenty-seven-year-old single woman was admitted to the hospital because of obesity and progressive hirsutism.Since the age of seven she had been overweight; her maximum weight, fifteen months prior to entry, was 230 pounds; by diet, however, she was able to reduce and maintain her weight at approximately 180 pounds. Excessive hair growth, first observed at the age of sixteen, increased markedly in the few years prior to entry; since then, the patient had plucked her facial hair and shaved her upper chest every two or three days. There was no deepening of the voice. The . . .