Synonym(s)
Diabetes in bearded women; Diabetes of bearded women; Morgagni Triad
HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.
Achard and Thiers, 1921
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Manifestation of adrenal cortex hyperfunction in women with diabetes mellitus, trunk obesity and hirsutism (especially in the beard area), possibly amenorrhea and arterial hypertension.
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EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Basophilic pituitary adenoma or bovine adrenal tumor.
ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
Only women > 30 years
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Surgical removal of the tumor.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Achard CE, Thiers J (1921) Le virilisme pilaire et son association à l'insuffisance glycolytique (diabète des femmes à barbe). Bull Acad Méd Paris 86: 51-56
- Malaisse W et al (1996) Diabetes in bearded women (Achard-Thiers Syndromes): A clinical and metabolicstudy
of 20 cases. Diabetologia 1:155-161. - Ozlu E et al (2018) Comparison of cutaneous manifestations in diabetic and nondiabetic obesepatients
: A prospective, controlled study. North Clinic Istanb 5:114-119.
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