Hyperandrogenic state associated with a mucinous cystadenoma.
A case of mucinous cystadenoma associated with androgen secretion is presented to add to the growing body of literature concerning hormone secretion by ovarian neoplasms regarded as "nonfunctional." The theorized mechanisms of hormone production in these tumors also are reviewed.
D000368:Aged; D000728:Androgens / Q000378:metabolism*; D002987:Clitoris / Q000473:pathology; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006628:Hirsutism / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
D000728:Androgens