Postmenopausal virilization due to ovarian hyperthecosis |
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| Authors: | T. Agorastos N. Argyriadis G. Fraggidis A. Vakiani V. Zournatzi J. Bontis |
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| Affiliation: | (1) B!["prime"]("/content/x72118m766744536/xlarge8242.gif") University Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokrateion Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece;(2) Mitropoleos Str. 87, GR-54622 Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| Abstract: | A case of a 66-year-old obese women with type 11 diabetes mellitus and a 4 year history of virilism is presented. After removal of the ovaries the raised testosterone levels returned to normal and signs of virilism gradually receded. The histological finding of nodular hyperthecosis of the ovaries is discussed in relation to hyperinsulinaemia. |
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| Keywords: | Virilization Hirsutism Ovarian hyperthecosis |
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