Ovarian Thecoma with Virilizing Manifestations

A 29-year-old woman presented with secondary amenorrhea, primary infertility, and virilization, which had developed over the past 2 years was suspected to have a virilizing tumor at her left ovary. Her serum testosterone level was markedly elevated (380 ng/dL). Left salpingooophorectomy was performe...

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Autores principales: Lee, Mun-Hwi, Moon, Young-Jin, Ha, Chang-Won, Hoh, Jeong-Kyu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19259367
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2009.50.1.169
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Sumario:A 29-year-old woman presented with secondary amenorrhea, primary infertility, and virilization, which had developed over the past 2 years was suspected to have a virilizing tumor at her left ovary. Her serum testosterone level was markedly elevated (380 ng/dL). Left salpingooophorectomy was performed, and histopathological examination revealed a thecoma of the left ovary. The postoperative serum testosterone level returned to 65 ng/dL. The patient did not have regression of virilism soon. However, the patient had a normal menstruation 29 days after surgery and gave birth to a baby 13 months after surgery.

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