[Contribution to the etiologic diagnosis of hypertrichosis and hirsutism of functional origin in women during active genital life by statistical study of observations (author's transl)].

After a recall of the etiologies of hypertrichosis and hirsutism, a method of diagnosis limited to functional pathological cases, was established. Having 31 complete case reports of functional hirsutism or hypertrichosis in women whose diagnosis--ovarian dystrophy or corticosuprarenal hyperplasia--was confirmed, the authors established a decision procedure based on the confrontation of two criteria obtained with a discriminant analysis program. These criteria included a clinical examination (intensity and localization of pilosity) and the effect of dexamethasone blockade on two plasmatic steroids, i. e., 17-hydroxyprogesterone and testosterone. The proposed diagnosis was furnished with a confidence index. 43 new cases confirmed the consistency between the clinical diagnosis and the automatic diagnosis.