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Symptomatic Cushing’s syndrome and hyperandrogenemia in a steroid cell ovarian neoplasm: a case report

BACKGROUND: Malignant steroid cell tumors of the ovary are rare and frequently associated with hormonal abnormalities. There are no guidelines on how to treat rapidly progressive Cushing’s syndrome, a medical emergency. CASE PRESENTATION: A 67-year-old white woman presented to our hospital with rapi...

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Autores principales: Sedhom, Ramy, Hu, Sophia, Ohri, Anupam, Infantino, Dorian, Lubitz, Sara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27729065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-1061-x