Postmenopausal hyperandrogenism due to an ovarian sex cord-stromal tumour causing elevated dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate: a case report

BACKGROUND: The source of excess androgen can be obscure in postmenopausal women with new-onset hyperandrogenism. If serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) is raised, it is presumed to be of adrenal origin because DHEAS is exclusively produced from adrenal cortical cells. This reports an elde...

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Autores principales: Sumanatilleke, Manilka, de Silva, Nipun Lakshitha, Ranaweera, Gayani, Appuhamy, Chinthaka, Karunaratne, Kanishka, de Silva, M. V. Chandu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9288717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35843927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01879-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9288717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35843927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01879-8

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