title: Ovarian stromal echogenicity in women with clomiphene citrate-sensitive and clomiphene citrate-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare stromal echogenicity in women with clomiphene citrate (CC)-sensitive and CC-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and to compare stromal echogenicity before and after laparoscopic ovarian drilling in women with CC-resistant PCOS.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University teaching hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-two infertile women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Transvaginal ultrasound examination and laparoscopic ovarian drilling.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ovarian stromal index (ratio of mean ovarian stromal echogenicity to mean echogenicity of the entire ovary).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean (+/- SD) ovarian stromal index was 1.26+/-0.27 in the women with CC-sensitive PCOS and 1.22+/-0.11 in the women with CC-resistant PCOS. The ovarian stromal index and ovarian volume of the women with CC-resistant PCOS before and after ovarian drilling were not significantly different.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no difference in the stromal index and ovarian volume between women with CC-sensitive PCOS and women with CC-resistant PCOS. There was no overall difference in the stromal index and ovarian volume in women with CC-resistant PCOS before and after ovarian drilling.
authors.affiliation: McGill Reproductive Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Took
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watkin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tulandi
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002996:Clomiphene / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005300:Fertility Agents, Female / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010053:Ovary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000187:drug effects*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods; D014621:Vagina
chemical_list: D005300:Fertility Agents, Female; D002996:Clomiphene