Leydig cell tumors in the post-menopausal woman: case report and literature review

Leydig cell tumors of the ovary account for less than 0.1% of all ovarian tumors (1). We present two cases in which patients had markedly elevated serum testosterone levels and frank hirsutism. Both cases revealed right ovarian Leydig cell tumors upon oophorectomy with post-surgical resolution of hy...

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Autores principales: Sherf, Sahar, Martinez, Dorothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10521896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28112699
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description Leydig cell tumors of the ovary account for less than 0.1% of all ovarian tumors (1). We present two cases in which patients had markedly elevated serum testosterone levels and frank hirsutism. Both cases revealed right ovarian Leydig cell tumors upon oophorectomy with post-surgical resolution of hypertestosteronemia. While rare and difficult to diagnose, androgen secreting tumors should be suspected in women with hyperandrogenism and hirsutism, especially in the postmenopausal population. (www.actabiomedica.it)
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spelling pubmed-105218962023-09-27 Leydig cell tumors in the post-menopausal woman: case report and literature review Sherf, Sahar Martinez, Dorothy Acta Biomed Case Report Leydig cell tumors of the ovary account for less than 0.1% of all ovarian tumors (1). We present two cases in which patients had markedly elevated serum testosterone levels and frank hirsutism. Both cases revealed right ovarian Leydig cell tumors upon oophorectomy with post-surgical resolution of hypertestosteronemia. While rare and difficult to diagnose, androgen secreting tumors should be suspected in women with hyperandrogenism and hirsutism, especially in the postmenopausal population. (www.actabiomedica.it) Mattioli 1885 2016 2016-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10521896/ /pubmed/28112699 Text en Copyright: © 2016 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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title_short Leydig cell tumors in the post-menopausal woman: case report and literature review
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