polycystic ovaries-urethral sphincter dysfunction syndrome
Findings
No curated finding names polycystic ovaries-urethral sphincter dysfunction syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Polycystic ovaries-urethral sphincter dysfunction syndrome is characterized by urinary retention and incomplete emptying of the bladder associated with abnormal electromyographic activity. It has been described in 33 women, 14 of whom also had polycystic ovaries.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0017200), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
12 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormality of the urethraHPOHP:0000795
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DysuriaHPOHP:0100518
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- EMG abnormalityHPOHP:0003457
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Polycystic ovariesHPOHP:0000147
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- AcneHPOHP:0001061
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- HirsutismHPOHP:0001007
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- OligomenorrheaHPOHP:0000876
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: polycystic ovaries-urethral sphincter dysfunction syndrome
- Also called
- fowler-Christmas-Chapple syndrome