Virilizing adrenocortical tumor superimposed on congenital adrenocortical hyperplasia.
A 51-year-old woman with a virilizing adenoma and underlying undetected and untreated congenital adrenocortical hyperplasia is described. The 10 instances of the combination of these two pathologic lesions are reviewed with particular attention to the steroid abnormalities encountered.
Shimshi
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Department of Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, New York.
Ross
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Goodman
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Gabrilove
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications*; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D000312:Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014770:Virilism / Q000209:etiology*