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ODP423 Postmenopausal Virilization Secondary to A Rare Left Ovarian Androgen-Secreting Leydig Cell Tumor Localized Using Ovarian Vein Sampling
INTRODUCTION: Postmenopausal virilization can be caused by androgen-secreting tumours from either the adrenal glands or ovaries. Ovarian androgen-secreting tumours are rare, accounting for <0.2% of all cases of hyperandrogenism, and <1% of ovarian tumours. Leydig cell tumours account for <0...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9625590/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvac150.1379 |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Postmenopausal virilization can be caused by androgen-secreting tumours from either the adrenal glands or ovaries. Ovarian androgen-secreting tumours are rare, accounting for <0.2% of all cases of hyperandrogenism, and <1% of ovarian tumours. Leydig cell tumours account for <0.1% of all ovarian tumours and may represent a diagnostic challenge given their small size and difficulty to visualize radiologically. CLINICAL CASE: A 57-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension presented with a 10-year history of hirsutism, and a 4-year history of virilization. She denied exogenous testosterone or supplement use. Examination was significant for voice deepening, excessive hair growth on her face, back, chest, and upper leg (Ferriman-Gallwey score of 20), male pattern baldness, and clitoromegaly. Investigations revealed markedly elevated total testosterone 11.5nmol/L (reference range (RR)=0.3-1.3) and bioavailable testosterone 7.19nmol/L (RR=0.1-0.6). DHEAS was normal at 4. 0umol/L (RR=0.8-4.9). TSH, prolactin, 17-OH-progesterone, ACTH, IGF-1 and GH were normal, and cortisol suppressed to <50nmol/L after 1-mg dexamethasone. Abdominal and transvaginal ultrasound, and adrenal and pelvic MRI did not identify adrenal or ovarian masses. Given normal DHEAS, there was a high suspicion for an ovarian source despite unremarkable imaging, thus ovarian vein sampling was undertaken. This revealed lateralization to the left gonad with total testosterone level of 780nmol/L (RR=0.3-1.8) and right gonadal testosterone level of 18.6nmol/L (RR=0.3-1.3). Left-to-right ovarian ratio was 41.94 (>15 is a strong lateralization to the left ovary as the likely source). After discussion with Gynecology, the patient underwent bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy given she was postmenopausal. The ovarian pathology revealed a left ovarian Leydig cell tumour with normal right ovarian pathology. Post-operatively, her total testosterone normalized to 0.4nmol/L, and the patient's virilizing symptoms improved. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: This case illustrates the importance of considering rare androgen-secreting ovarian tumours in the differential diagnosis of post-menopausal virilization. It also demonstrates the diagnostic challenge associated with such tumours particularly given their difficulty to visualize radiologically. This demonstrates the importance of considering ovarian vein sampling as a diagnostic tool for localization when there is a high suspicion for an ovarian tumour, even when not identified on imaging studies. Presentation: No date and time listed |
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spelling | pubmed-96255902022-11-14 ODP423 Postmenopausal Virilization Secondary to A Rare Left Ovarian Androgen-Secreting Leydig Cell Tumor Localized Using Ovarian Vein Sampling Shuster, Shirley Awad, Sara J Endocr Soc Reproductive Endocrinology INTRODUCTION: Postmenopausal virilization can be caused by androgen-secreting tumours from either the adrenal glands or ovaries. Ovarian androgen-secreting tumours are rare, accounting for <0.2% of all cases of hyperandrogenism, and <1% of ovarian tumours. Leydig cell tumours account for <0.1% of all ovarian tumours and may represent a diagnostic challenge given their small size and difficulty to visualize radiologically. CLINICAL CASE: A 57-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension presented with a 10-year history of hirsutism, and a 4-year history of virilization. She denied exogenous testosterone or supplement use. Examination was significant for voice deepening, excessive hair growth on her face, back, chest, and upper leg (Ferriman-Gallwey score of 20), male pattern baldness, and clitoromegaly. Investigations revealed markedly elevated total testosterone 11.5nmol/L (reference range (RR)=0.3-1.3) and bioavailable testosterone 7.19nmol/L (RR=0.1-0.6). DHEAS was normal at 4. 0umol/L (RR=0.8-4.9). TSH, prolactin, 17-OH-progesterone, ACTH, IGF-1 and GH were normal, and cortisol suppressed to <50nmol/L after 1-mg dexamethasone. Abdominal and transvaginal ultrasound, and adrenal and pelvic MRI did not identify adrenal or ovarian masses. Given normal DHEAS, there was a high suspicion for an ovarian source despite unremarkable imaging, thus ovarian vein sampling was undertaken. This revealed lateralization to the left gonad with total testosterone level of 780nmol/L (RR=0.3-1.8) and right gonadal testosterone level of 18.6nmol/L (RR=0.3-1.3). Left-to-right ovarian ratio was 41.94 (>15 is a strong lateralization to the left ovary as the likely source). After discussion with Gynecology, the patient underwent bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy given she was postmenopausal. The ovarian pathology revealed a left ovarian Leydig cell tumour with normal right ovarian pathology. Post-operatively, her total testosterone normalized to 0.4nmol/L, and the patient's virilizing symptoms improved. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: This case illustrates the importance of considering rare androgen-secreting ovarian tumours in the differential diagnosis of post-menopausal virilization. It also demonstrates the diagnostic challenge associated with such tumours particularly given their difficulty to visualize radiologically. This demonstrates the importance of considering ovarian vein sampling as a diagnostic tool for localization when there is a high suspicion for an ovarian tumour, even when not identified on imaging studies. Presentation: No date and time listed Oxford University Press 2022-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9625590/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvac150.1379 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Reproductive Endocrinology Shuster, Shirley Awad, Sara ODP423 Postmenopausal Virilization Secondary to A Rare Left Ovarian Androgen-Secreting Leydig Cell Tumor Localized Using Ovarian Vein Sampling |
title | ODP423 Postmenopausal Virilization Secondary to A Rare Left Ovarian Androgen-Secreting Leydig Cell Tumor Localized Using Ovarian Vein Sampling |
title_full | ODP423 Postmenopausal Virilization Secondary to A Rare Left Ovarian Androgen-Secreting Leydig Cell Tumor Localized Using Ovarian Vein Sampling |
title_fullStr | ODP423 Postmenopausal Virilization Secondary to A Rare Left Ovarian Androgen-Secreting Leydig Cell Tumor Localized Using Ovarian Vein Sampling |
title_full_unstemmed | ODP423 Postmenopausal Virilization Secondary to A Rare Left Ovarian Androgen-Secreting Leydig Cell Tumor Localized Using Ovarian Vein Sampling |
title_short | ODP423 Postmenopausal Virilization Secondary to A Rare Left Ovarian Androgen-Secreting Leydig Cell Tumor Localized Using Ovarian Vein Sampling |
title_sort | odp423 postmenopausal virilization secondary to a rare left ovarian androgen-secreting leydig cell tumor localized using ovarian vein sampling |
topic | Reproductive Endocrinology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9625590/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvac150.1379 |
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