Hirsutism secondary to a luteal cyst of the right ovary at the department of internal medicine and endocrinology of the Mali Hospital

2018 
: The authors are reporting here for the first time a documented case of androgen-secreting luteal cyst responsible for primary sterility in Mali. A 26-year married woman with a history of familial hyper androgenia of diabetes and high blood pressure who consulted for hyper androgen syndrome and primary infertility. Hirsutism with the presence of hairs on her chin, upper lips, thorax, forearms, arms, and her legs under waxing which made a Ferriman and Galloway scoreof10. A pelvic ultrasound coupled with a laparoscopy allowed us to retain the diagnosis of luteal cyst. CONCLUSION: Hyper androgenicity in women is rare and the luteal cystis one of its multiple etiologies.
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