Hyperandrogenic syndrome in a postmenopausal woman: a case report |
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Authors: | Polisseni Fernanda Gon?alves Júnior Homero Vidal Vicente Rozauro Macedo Flávia Lopes Lins Betina Diniz Campos Juliana Delgado Mattos Natháli A Barbosa |
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Affiliation: | Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora (MG), Brasil. |
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Abstract: | Hyperandrogenic syndromes include diseases that manifest through an increased biological activity of androgens and that can originate from neoplastic or functional diseases. Androgen-secreting ovarian tumors represent about 1% of ovarian neoplasias. Steroid cell tumors are among the more rare types which account for less than 0.1% of all ovarian tumors. They are usually benign, of small dimensions and unilateral. We report here a rare case of a unilateral steroid cell tumor. A 60-year-old woman was seen after four months of evolution of hirsutism, clitoris hypertrophy and elevation of serum estradiol levels. Her total testosterone and 17-OH-progesterone levels were also increased. |
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