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Luteinized Ovarian Thecoma in a Postmenopausal Women Presenting with Virilization

We report a case of luteinizing thecoma in a 58-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with progressive androgenic features and hypertension of one year duration. She did not notice a significant change in her body weight or appetite. Her total serum testosterone level was 4.5 ng/mL. Ultrasound...

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Autores principales: Kaluarachchi, Athula, Marasinghe, Jeevan P., Batcha, Thuwan M., Agunawela, Preethika
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/492386
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author Kaluarachchi, Athula
Marasinghe, Jeevan P.
Batcha, Thuwan M.
Agunawela, Preethika
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description We report a case of luteinizing thecoma in a 58-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with progressive androgenic features and hypertension of one year duration. She did not notice a significant change in her body weight or appetite. Her total serum testosterone level was 4.5 ng/mL. Ultrasound scan revealed a normal-sized uterus and a right-sided solid ovarian mass of 5 cm × 5 cm. Left ovary was normal. She had a total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and an omentectomy performed. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of luteinized thecoma. This case illustrates the necessity to consider the rare possibility of luteinized ovarian thecoma as a cause for virilization in a menopausal woman.
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spelling pubmed-27788232009-11-25 Luteinized Ovarian Thecoma in a Postmenopausal Women Presenting with Virilization Kaluarachchi, Athula Marasinghe, Jeevan P. Batcha, Thuwan M. Agunawela, Preethika Obstet Gynecol Int Case Report We report a case of luteinizing thecoma in a 58-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with progressive androgenic features and hypertension of one year duration. She did not notice a significant change in her body weight or appetite. Her total serum testosterone level was 4.5 ng/mL. Ultrasound scan revealed a normal-sized uterus and a right-sided solid ovarian mass of 5 cm × 5 cm. Left ovary was normal. She had a total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and an omentectomy performed. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of luteinized thecoma. This case illustrates the necessity to consider the rare possibility of luteinized ovarian thecoma as a cause for virilization in a menopausal woman. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2009-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC2778823/ /pubmed/19946643 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/492386 Text en Copyright © 2009 Athula Kaluarachchi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kaluarachchi, Athula
Marasinghe, Jeevan P.
Batcha, Thuwan M.
Agunawela, Preethika
Luteinized Ovarian Thecoma in a Postmenopausal Women Presenting with Virilization
title Luteinized Ovarian Thecoma in a Postmenopausal Women Presenting with Virilization
title_full Luteinized Ovarian Thecoma in a Postmenopausal Women Presenting with Virilization
title_fullStr Luteinized Ovarian Thecoma in a Postmenopausal Women Presenting with Virilization
title_full_unstemmed Luteinized Ovarian Thecoma in a Postmenopausal Women Presenting with Virilization
title_short Luteinized Ovarian Thecoma in a Postmenopausal Women Presenting with Virilization
title_sort luteinized ovarian thecoma in a postmenopausal women presenting with virilization
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/492386
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