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Quantitation of Intra-peritoneal Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
Published on: July 18, 2016
[Virilization caused by an ovarian tumor. Report of one case]
Patricio Salman M1, Mauricio Cuello F, Marianne Kolbach
1Departamento de Endocrinología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Abstract:
We report a 76-year-old woman with a virilization syndrome characterized by progressive androgenic alopecia, clitoris enlargement and hirsutism predominating in the face. Plasma testosterone was 711 ng/dl. Magnetic resonance imaging showed slightly enlarged ovaries with a cyst in the left. A bilateral oophorectomy was performed, demonstrating the presence of a Leydig cell hilar tumor in the right ovary. The patient had a good postoperative evolution with reduction of androgen levels and reversion of alopecia.
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